Faneromeni Square is one of the oldest and most historically charged public spaces in Nicosia's walled city. The square is dominated by the Church of Faneromeni, a neoclassical building from 1872 that contains the marble mausoleum of four Greek Cypriot bishops and two laymen executed by the Ottomans in 1821 following the outbreak of the Greek Revolution. The monument was a flashpoint for Cypriot nationalism in the 19th and early 20th centuries and retains a solemn weight.
Alongside the church stands the Faneromeni School, the first girls' school in Cyprus, founded by Archbishop Makarios I in 1857 — a building that speaks to the role the church played in preserving Greek language and culture under Ottoman rule. The square itself is pleasant and shaded, with cafes on its edges and a steady flow of old-city pedestrian traffic. It connects naturally to Ledra Street and makes a good starting point for exploring the old town on foot.