History
Carob Warehouses
Posted under Famagusta, Guzelyurt and Lefke, History, Karpaz Peninsula, Kyrenia, North Cyprus, Regions by Lavinia Neville Smith
Like sentinels along the Cyprus shore, stand the slowly crumbling relics of a wealthy past. These are the remnants of an ancient trade that once helped make Cyprus very rich. Dotted along the coastline, now abandoned and neglected, stand carob warehouses that are inexorably crumbling into a...
Independence to the Present Day
North Cyprus
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St. George of the Latins
St. George of the Latins | Famagusta
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The Sea Gate
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Djamboulat Bastion
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The Land Gate and Ravelin
The Land Gate and Ravelin | Famagusta
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