The lecture, delivered in Nicosia in March 1999, is in fact an imaginary journey in time and space. Through the writings of European travelers from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century, Dr Tsingakou brings to life the island's spatial character over the past centuries. Drawing on excerpts from travel chronicles, the author traces historical events which have marked the island, reconstructing a panoramic mural of the wider Hellenic area, Cyprus especially, during the centuries of the Frankish, Ottoman and British rule.

Fifteenth Annual Lecture on Cypriot History and Archaeology