Latins of Cyprus_EN

THE LATINS OF CYPRUS 11 while serving also as an important factor in the spread of Francophonie in Cyprus. With the numerical increase of Limassol’s Latin population and in the spirit of fundamental reforms in the Ottoman Empire, known as the Tanzimat reforms, a Franciscan convent was established in 1850. Furthermore, in 1872 the erection of Saint Catherine’s church began. Based on various estimates, the Latin community of Cyprus numbered around 400-600 persons in the mid-19th l The Holy Cross church in Nicosia in the 1950 s . l Saint Joseph’s Convent in Larnaka (mid-19th century). l Mediaeval map of Nicosia (1573). century, the majority of whom resided in Larnaka, with smaller numbers in Nicosia and Limassol. British Era: With the arrival of the British on the island in July 1878, religious tolerance and a milder administration also came about, which particularly strengthened the already prosperous but small Latin community of the island. Participating in the first Legislative Council (1879-1882) was the landowner