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I removed this external link:

Encyclopaedia Britannica 1911: Citium.

We don't normally link to other encyclopaedias -_^. More seriously, this isn't a web site about Citium or related to Citium in any particular way. We might fill all of our articles with links to other encyclopaedias' articles, but the other links will be much clearer if we just let people search out other encyclopaedias on their own.

But I left the link here in case somebody planned to use it as a resource for our version. That's a perfectly good plan! -- Toby Bartels 04:41, 4 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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I thought it necessary to correct the confusion: Kimon is not Zenon, Zenon did not die in battle, see my edit history. Quite important really! user:Aristophanes 23:13 GMT 13 November 2004

Israel Lebanon Conflict Evacuations

Several american news companies, cnn, nbc etc had reporters in larnaca during the conflict to cover the evacuation of american (and maybe other countries) citizens from lebanon by the military. The evacuees were brought via boat to larnaca. Is this important enough to include in the article. SpokaneWilly 05:15, 26 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I (being one of those evacuees) think that should definately be included, specifically because Larnica's port has been used strategically like that in the past. This article has been ignored for quite some time! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DMCer (talk • contribs) 09:30, 10 March 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Kornos

Does Kornos belong to Greek or Turkish Cyprus? Wiki-uk 14:57, 23 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Notable people

It is rather sad that the name of an ancient Greek philosopher features alongside the names of some unknown ball kickers. Larnaca has many dozens of really notable people, and I will be adding to this list in due time.Mazkyri (talk) 15:38, 26 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Climate diagram

Can somebody change the climate diagram anyhow. You can't see october to december. --Van Peter (talk) 12:52, 13 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Constructiction year of promenade

When was Foinikoudes Promenade constructed? --The long road homw (talk) 18:29, 6 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Colloquially known—past or present

"The city is colloquially known as "Skala" (Greek: Σκάλα) meaning "ladder" or "landing stage", referring to the town's status in history as an important port".

Larnaca is—or was—colloquially known as Skala? By Greek speaking people of Cyprus' past? This needs a citation. (Skala (neighborhood in Larnaca) was once the main commercial area of Larnaca, possibly for most of the period of Ottoman rule.) --The long road homw (talk) 13:36, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Well, nearly everything in this article is unsourced--are we picking cherries? ;P {{cn}} tags come after a statement, not before it. --Lfdder (talk) 13:58, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I have slapped on a handful of references. You have picked away some rotten "language fruits" in the article. If there is no current notable use of the name Skala—for the city, as opposed to one of the city's neighborhoods—then I will gladly pick that cherry. (If Skala was the colloquial name for the old port (?), south of Larnaca Castle, then someone might mention that here, or in the article.) --The long road homw (talk) 14:28, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

You could say that it's "increasingly infrequently referred to as Skala" or something along those lines, I suppose. I've heard "Skala" being used to refer to the city on a few occasions, for what's worth. --Lfdder (talk) 14:45, 18 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

The Skala neighborhood is a Turkish Cypriot neighborhood. Do people who are not Tyrkish Cypriot refer to the city as "Skala"? - What does the greek page say, without citation: Ως σημαντικό λιμάνι, η Λάρνακα παρέμεινε και κατά την περίοδο της Τουρκοκρατίας (1570-1878), οπότε τμήμα της πόλης ήταν γνωστό και με την ονομασία Σκάλα, επειδή εκεί έκαναν σκάλα (σταθμό) τα καράβια. --The long road homw (talk) 19:47, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, some do.

More of a transliteration than a translation:

"Larnaca remained an important port in the Ottoman times, when part of the town was known as 'Skala', because ships 'made skala' (stopped) there."

Wiktionary page for "skála" in Greek: wiktionary:σκάλα. --Lfdder (talk) 20:51, 12 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Some asshole changed all climate data, and made Larnaca hotter than real

and nobody corrected it back

New Imaging

Hello,

I have added new images to the page's infobox, consisting of the following images of:

Finikoudes, Hala Sultan Tekke, Larnaca Marina, Larnaca Castle, St Lazarus Church, Larnaca District Administration, Kamares Aqueduct

^{*In italics: these places were also found in the previous image collage of the page | *In bold: these images were also found in the previous image collage of the page}

I've added these images after seeing which places best fit the city, as well as the fact that new, updated images are needed to ensure that the page stays up to date and can visually inform the readers of the current state of the city. Lomaine (talk) 19:17, 19 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]