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During the period of Frankish and Venetian domination (1192-1489 A.D. and 1489-1571 A.D. respectively) the towns of Cyprus were surrounded by walls and well fortified. The conquerors of the island solved the problem of…

Entrance of the high school of Kyrenia. Ottoman period (1571-1878 A.D.)

The mosque was formerly a 14th century Augustinian monastery dedicated to St. Mary. It was converted into a mosque in 1571 by Mustafa Pasha, the Ottoman conqueror of the island, who believed that the original church was built on the spot where the…

Originally a monastery, today’s church of Agios
Ioannis Lambadistis is a complex of three
churches: Agios Irakleidios, Agios Ioannis
Lambadistis and a Latin chapel – all under
a single pitched roof. The church is a listed
UNESCO World…

This imposing medieval monastery, dedicated to
“Our Lady of the Forests”, stands in the middle of
Agia Napa surrounded by a high wall enclosure.
Its 16th century church is partially underground,
carved into the rock. An ancient sycamore…

This entrance to Saint John the Baptist's cell (1190A.D), the door, the wall and the pathway, was build after the 1953 earthquake. It leads to Saint John's hermitage, on the fourth level of the Enkleistra next to the second Enkleistra dwelling place…

Engraving by Bartlett William Henry "Entrance to the seven towers " (Constantinople).

Entrance to the town of Akanthou before the Turkish
invasion in 1974.

In the lunette above the western door of the naos, leading to the narthex, two scenes of the life of Christ are depicted. The southern represents the Entry to Jerusalem. It dates back to the 1105 A.D. iconographic cycle of the church.
Christ is…

Let no one forget to remember and honour those who laid down their lives for the Independence of this homeland, or for those who died defending it. But let everyone also remember to forgive past injuries and mistakes while seeking a brighter and…