Kyrenia
Harbour
The harbour is appreciated for its natural beauty. In its heyday
it was lined with warehouses...
The
Buffavento Castle
The Buffavento Castle is one of the three castles constructed on
the kyrenia Range as a line of defence against the Arab attacks
- the other two being the St. Hilarion...
Vrysi
(Catalkoy)
Vrysi is a settlement dating to the Neolithic Period. The excavations
have revealed that the settlers of this region came to Cyprus from
a district in Anatolia called Kilikya...
The
St. Hilarion Castle
Like the Buffavento and the Kantara Castles it was built so as to
defend the island against the Arab raids. The castle gets its name
from a saint named Hilarion...
The
Sourpmagar Monastery
The Sourp Magar Monastery was first founded as a Coptic monastery
around 1000 A.D. and it was dedicated to the Alexandrian saint Makarios...
Shipwreck
Museum
The ship exhibited in the shipwreck museum is the oldest ship recovered
so far. It belongs to the period of the Hellenistic kingdoms founded
after the death of...
Kyrenia
Castle
The castle is thought to have been constructed to protect the town
against the Arab raids in the 7th century. Like the Kantara Castle,
it played an important role in...
The
Icon Museum
The former Arkhangelos Church is being used as an icon museum to
exhibit the icons collected from kyrenia and the vicinity...
The
Folk Arts Museum
An 18th century house on the kyrenia harbour is now used as a museum.
On the ground floor there are olive presses, a primitive plow, a
loom, jugs, and a flail...
The
Bellapais Monastery
The monastery, one of the unparalleled samples of Gothic Art, is
situated on the flanks of the Five-finger (kyrenia) Mountains. Its
name today derives from the French...
The
Anthipanitis Church
The church is part of an old monastery. Its architectural style
is not common in Cyprus. The dome is supported by octagonally arranged
circular columns...
Lapta
(Lapithos)
Because of the frequency of the Arab raids, the inhabitants of Lambousa
moved their settlement to the skirt of the mountain and found the
Lapta of the present day...
Lambousa
The first settlers of Lambousa came from Greece in the 13th century
B.C.; the region came under Phoenician control in the 8th century
B.C..During the Roman and the Byzantine periods...
Kirsokava
During the Roman period, this promontory was first used as a cemetery
and later as a quarry. During the Byzantine rule some Christians
had settled in the Roman Tombs...
Karmi
Necropolis
In the archaelogical excavations close to the Karmi village, tombs
in the shape of rooms belonging to the Middle Bronze Age have been
discovered...
The
Hz. Omer Tomb
The tombs and the small mosque were constructed by the Ottomans.
The tombs belong to the commander Omer and his companions who died
here during the Arab...
Every effort has been taken
to ensure the accuracy of the content of this site but RelyTech Ltd. cannot
be held responsible for the consequences of any errors. A number of external
links exist within the site and Relytech Ltd. does not endorse any such
external links.
