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The historical Manor House, once part of the Lusignan built St. Sophia Cathedral, is now a restaurant, "The Konak" in the Selimiye Square in Lefkosa (Nicosia).
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Source:
Cyprus Times, November 28, 2005

Photo by
Ali Yaliman

(*) Note: Jeffery however does not write about this mansion as a 'Lusignan building'. In "A Description of the Historic Monuments of Cyprus" (1918), he writes: (...) Converted into the tenancies of private owners the whole range of buildings formerly the Archbishop's Palace has been completely reconstructed internally and not even a trace of the Venetian period of construction, to which the coats of arms still upon the facade belong (**), can be detected. (...)
(**) I have not discovered any coat of arms upon the facade of what is now called "The Konak". - Hans Doeleman



	A new life for a Lusignan building in Lefkosa (Nicosia), the Manor House... RESTAURANT "THE KONAK"

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The historical Manor House, once part of the Lusignan built St. Sophia Cathedral, is now a restaurant, "The Konak" in the Selimiye Square in Lefkosa (Nicosia). () Source: Cyprus Times, November 28, 2005 Photo by Ali Yaliman () Note: Jeffery however does not write about this mansion as a 'Lusignan building'. In "A Description of the Historic Monuments of Cyprus" (1918), he writes: (...) Converted into the tenancies of private owners the whole range of buildings formerly the Archbishop's Palace has been completely reconstructed internally and not even a trace of the Venetian period of construction, to which the coats of arms still upon the facade belong (), can be detected. (...) ()** I have not discovered any coat of arms upon the facade of what is now called "The Konak". - Hans Doeleman
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