Basilica S. Maria Maggiore

The Basilica of S. Maria Maggiore of Nicosia was built in 1767 on the place where the original Basilica was previously built in the Norman era and destroyed in 1757 during a landslide. The structure of the building has a splendid Baroque portal and the interior is dominated by the six-story monumental work “Cona” by Antonello Gagini built in 1511. There are also historical materials such as the so-called Chair by Charles V, in which the emperor sat down in his visit to Nicosia in 1535.