Archangelos Michael Icon Museum.

What to see at Archangelos Michael Icon Museum

• A single-hall church with an apse at the east end and a bell tower at the north-east corner.
• Its icons come from this church and from other groups the state protects; most date from the late nineteenth century onward.
• Icon painters of that period imported Dutch and German paints, which give a flat, glossy look.

History of Archangelos Michael Icon Museum

1714

The oldest icon shown here carries this date.

1860

The church of Archangelos Michael is built in the old harbour area.

1990

After restoration it opens as an icon museum on 11 June.

Visiting Archangelos Michael Icon Museum

Allow about half an hour. The museum is in the old harbour area of Girne (Kyrenia). A car park is mapped about 50 m away and the nearest mapped bus stop is about 300 m away. Kyrenia Castle and the harbour lie within a few hundred metres.

Monuments near Archangelos Michael Icon Museum

• Carob Warehouse and Cyprus House Museumabout 150 m south-eastA folk-life museum in an old carob warehouse on the harbour.
• Kyrenia Harbourabout 200 m eastGirne's old harbour, with quays from the Venetian, Ottoman and British periods.
• Kyrenia Castleabout 350 m eastThe harbour fortress the Venetians rebuilt in 1540, holding an ancient merchant ship.