A1 motorway (Cyprus) A1 motorway (Cyprus) The A1 motorway, locally referred to as the NicosiaLimassol highway (Greek: "δρόμος ΛευκωσίαςΛεμεσού"; Turkish: "LefkoşaLimasol yolu"), is the first and longest motorway built in Cyprus. It marked the beginning of an ambitious government project to link all the main cities on the island with modern 4 lane highways. It is 73 km long and is free of any at-grade intersections. It links the capital Nicosia (which is the administrative and financial hub), with Limassol, the largest port (and second largest city) on the island. In the late 1970s, the Cypriot Government introduced a series of schemes to
History of the Jews in Cyprus of the doctrine of collective Jewish guilt for the deicide of Jesus and repudiated the idea as a prejudice 'incompatible with the teaching of the Holy scriptures'. The Jewish population of Cyprus today (2018) is 3,500. History of the Jews in Cyprus The history of the Jews in Cyprus dates back at least to the 2nd century BCE, when a considerable community of Jews on the island is first attested. The Jews had close relationships with many of the other religious groups on the island and were seen favourably by the Romans. During the war over the city of Ptolemais