With Italian chandeliers still hanging in the lobby, the Ledra Palace Hotel in Cyprus still manages to hold onto a flicker of its old majesty despite the shell craters and bullet holes that scar ...

The Ledra Palace sits at the heart of Nicosia's buffer zone. ... 16th-century walls, the hotel's luxurious ballroom, restaurants and bars were the places to see and be seen.

“The Ledra Palace Hotel,” say the organisers of an upcoming lecture, “served as architectural proof of the modern aspirations of the late colonial era. Its construction detailing proved ...

The Ledra Palace hotel was first opened on October 8, 1949 in a ceremony attended by then governor of Cyprus Andrew Barkworth Wright. Its construction cost £20,000.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — With Italian chandeliers still hanging in the lobby, the Ledra Palace Hotel in Cyprus still manages to hold onto a flicker of its old majesty despite the shell craters and ...

With Italian chandeliers still hanging in the lobby, the Ledra Palace Hotel in Cyprus still manages to hold onto a flicker of its old majesty despite the shell craters and bullet holes that scar ...