North Cyprus Historical Places
The architectural style of the church is a mixture of the Byzantine and Gothic styles. It belongs to the Orthodox order and was built in the 15th...
The inscription on the wall indicating that the church was constructed by a Syrian merchant named Simone Nostrano is thought to have been due to misinformation,...
It is the second of the two original entrances to the city. It is well preserved and it has a beautiful architectural structure. It was constructed by...
The Salamis Necropolis covers an area of roughly 4 square miles and stretches from Enkomi to the West end of the Salamis forest and to the St. Barnabas Monastery...
Although there is no trace here of the first church thought to have belonged to the early Byzantine period, the second church is believed to have been constructed in...
The castle, built by the Lusignans in the 14th century, was being used as one of the main entrances to famagusta. It is surrounded with a deep ditch...
The castle the remains of which are on a hill close to the sea is thought to have been constructed for the purpose of defending the region against raids from the sea in...
This churched was built by a Syrian merchant for the Syrians living in famagusta in 1339. There are frescoes of camels and texts in Syriac - the language...
Constructed in the late 13th century, the church is one of the beautiful examples of the Gothic style of architecture. Material from the Salamis ruins was used in...
It is one of the two original gates to enter the city. Its original name was 'Ravelin' which means 'the demilune lunette - or the bastion in the shape of a crescent'...
The building which was constructed between the years 1298-1312 in the Lusignan period is one of the most beautiful Gothic structures of the Meditteranean region. The Lusignan kings would be inaugurated as the King of Cyprus at the St. Sophia ...
St. Barnabas, born of a Jewish family in Salamis, returns to Cyprus after his studies in Jerusalem and in 45 A.D. starts to work with St. Paul as a missionary for Christianity...
This monument which is within the Salamis Necropolis is thought to have been erected in the name of Nikokreon, the last king of Salamis...
These mass-graves are the mass necropolis of the poor people of the period. They constitute part of the Salamis Necropolis, and lie 500 metres to the South-east...
Canbulat, the Bey (a provincial governor in the Ottoman empire) of Kilis, was included in the Ottoman forces that were going to conquer Cyprus. As he was extremely successful during the capture of nicosia,...
The city of Salamis was founded during the migrations that started towards the end of the Bronze Age by the tribes that came from Anatolia, and Akas who came from...
The city-walls built by the Lusignans were very high but thin. After the Venetians captured the island from the Lusignans, they brought over specialists from Venice...
The antique city of Enkomi, also known as Alasia, situated close to the present day Enkomi (Tuzla) village, dates back to the 2000s B. C...
The bastion was built by the Venetian architect Giovanni Sammianelli between 1550-1559. With its triangular design it is one of the good examples of military...
A building to the North of the city constructed by the Ottomans. This bath is notable for its domes. The building comprises six domed rooms,...
This church is part of a monestary built by the monks of the Franciscan order in the first decade of the fourteenth century. Henry II, the King of Cyprus,...
The larger of the two churches built in the 14th century belonged to the Knights Templars. When the last grand master and their other leaders were burned...
This is a royal palace built by the Venetians on the ruins of a palace built by the Lusignans in the 13th century. The front which has survived was built in...
The dungeon is situated in the courtyard of the Venetian Palace and has been constructed with ashlar. Namik Kemal, playwright and poet, stayed in this building...
The St. Barnabas church has a rich collection of icons mostly dating from the 18th century. The basalt mill in the courtyard is from the Enkomi settlement...
North Cyprus Famagusta