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Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque (Cathedral of St. Nicholas)

Posted under Famagusta, History on Sunday, 25 October 2009 by Lavinia Neville Smith
Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque (Cathedral of St. Nicholas) The most impressive edifice in Famagusta, if not the whole of Cyprus, is the beautiful gothic Catholic Cathedral built during the Lusignan period and dedicated to St. Nicholas. Constructed in the 14th C it is styled very much on the same lines...
Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque (Cathedral of St. Nicholas)

Othello’s Tower

Posted under Famagusta, History on Sunday, 25 October 2009 by Lavinia Neville Smith
The fortress that guards the harbour and is now called Othello’s Tower, was built during the Lusignan period in the 14th C, and it may well have been a residence for members of the royal family or their entourage during that period. However by the time the Venetians took over and turned it into...
Othello’s Tower