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Church of SS Peter and Paul

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Church of SS Peter and Paul | Famagusta

This church, lies to the south of the palace and though closed to the public is in good repair. It was used at one time as a mosque, the remains of the minaret can still be seen tumbled to the ground on the south west corner, it has also been a public library, and used as a granary. In fact it has the alternative name, The Wheat Mosque for this very reason. It is on the whole an ugly structure with huge and clumsy flying buttresses that were built to support the nave. Nevertheless it is imposing, as it was intended to be, because it is said to have been built with the proceeds of a single trading expedition!

Lavinia Neville Smith
Lavinia Neville Smith
Lavinia Neville Smith first came to North Cyprus in 1995, and fell in love with the country and the Turkish Cypriot people. A self confessed dilettante, with a varied working career, it was not until she returned in 1997 and went into tourism that she was able to put to good use her knowledge of history, ancient and modern, acquired long ago at school. She is a co-author of the Landmark Visitors Guide to North Cyprus, and continues to promote this beautiful country as far afield as possible.