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Ayioi Omoloyites is a Neighbourhood, Quarter, Mahalla or Parish of Nicosia, Cyprus〔〔Coexistence in the Disappeared Mixed Neighbourhoods of Nicosia by Ahmet An (Paper read at the conference: Nicosia: The Last Divided Capital in Europe, organized by the London Metropolitan University on 20 June 2011)〕〔6th edition of the publication "Statistical Codes of Municipalities, Communities and Quarters of Cyprus" (publ. Statistical Service of Republic of Cyprus)〕 and the parish church thereof. Its name in Greek is Άγιοι Ομολογητές, which means Holy Confessors (a group of saints defined by the church) and also has the name Ayii Omoloyitades (sometimes with "dh" instead of "d") used in older English language works and Turkish. At the last Census (2011) it had a population of 10,528, an increase from a population of 9,630 in 2001. It covers 153 streets in the south of the municipal area of Nicosia, including Ay. Omoloyiton Avenue, Kyriakou Matsi Avenue and parts of Griva Diyeni Avenue and Arch.Makarios III Avenue.〔Municipality/Community, Quarter and Street Index published by Ministry of Information (CILIS_streets_022011)〕 ==History== It is now one of the Neighbourhoods of Nicosia〔 outside the walls.〔See map in this article〕 It was annexed to the municipality of Nicosia in 1944, but was previously an independent village.〔^ Nicosia Capital of Cyprus by Kevork Keshishian, pub 1978〕 The village was centred on the church of the same name. In 1946 it had a population of 1,810, including 1,678 Greek Cypriots, 9 Turkish Cypriots and 123 others.〔 The church was built in 1674, but was much repaired and altered in 1894.〔"Historic Cyprus - A Guide to its Towns and Villages, Monasteries and Castles", by Rupert Gunnis (former Inspector of Antiquities in Cyprus), pub 1936, reprinted 1973 by Halkin Sesh Ltd, Nicosia. p. 192〕 It is built over a pagan tomb converted to a Christian church〔"A description of the historic monuments of Cyprus" by George Jeffery, Printed by the Government Printing Office, Nicosia, 1918〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ayioi Omoloyites, Nicosia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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