Kyrenia Castle
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Kyrenia
- Kategoria: castles
- Sekcja: Castles
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 Lusignan period. In this period the castle underwent a lot of changes due to restoration work. The restoration work was interrupted briefly in 1373, because of the Genoese siege but went on afterwards. When the castle was first built, the fortifications were constructed with the armoured knights and archers in mind. When the Genoese took control of the castle in 1489, they reconstructed the fortifications taking the Ottoman artillery into consideration. They added the northwestern and the southeastern towers as an extra precaution. In spite of all this, however, following the fall of Nicosia in 1570, they surrendered the castle to the Ottomans without putting up any resistance.
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Dzisiaj (28 marca)
22.7 ° C
15.1 ° (min) 22.7 ° (max)
0 mm
6.4 m/s
1018 hPa
Jutro (29 marca)
20.8 ° C
16.2 ° (min) 21.5 ° (max)
0 mm
2.7 m/s
1016 hPa
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