How it works

Three photographic vistas of Nicosia, one shared interactive experience. The chip strip at the bottom of the scene switches between town panorama, night profile and surrounding territory — each vista carries its own hotspots, calibrated to the landmarks visible in that exact photograph.

In each vista, the numbered hotspots reveal a piece of heritage: Castle, Cathedral, Basilica, baronial palaces, Capuchin friary, birthplace of Saint Felix, Monte Altesina. Clicking a pin triggers a cinematic zoom and opens a panel with title, category, description, optional quote and a link to the place's detail page.

The photos are real shots of the territory, shown in their natural light: town panorama in daylight, night profile at dusk, Nebrodi countryside in full sun. No filters, no chromatic alteration — the colour of Nicosia is the colour you see.

The Auto-tour button cycles through every place on the active vista every 4.5 seconds. Keyboard works everywhere: arrow right/left for next/previous, Esc to exit focus, T to toggle the tour.

Places you've already opened stay marked (pin colour changes) and progress is saved locally — re-open the page tomorrow and you'll find what you've already explored, across all vistas.

Technical note: three photographic backdrops optimised in WebP at 2400px via Astro's getImage(), container with adaptive aspect-ratio per vista (zero crop), SVG vector pin overlay, cinematic zoom via animated SVG transform. Respects prefers-reduced-motion: pulse animations are disabled when the setting is active, transitions remain for visual coherence.