Athienou mayor Kyriakos Kareklas appealed to US ambassador Judith Garber for help in having a crossing point opened in the Larnaca village during her visit there on Wednesday. Garber was in the buffer-zone village to visit the archaeological team and students from Davidson College in North Carolina who have been… Read More »Athienou mayor calls for US help in opening new crossing point
After the local people found out that he was hanged, they bricked up the door, so nobody would ever walk through it again.
The walls of Famagusta are about two miles in length, totally surrounding the old city, and are remarkably well preserved. Probably the best view of them is from the moat, itself running for over a mile along the three landward sides. Don’t believe some maps that tell you part is… Read More »Famagusta the walled city
The Saint Hilarion Castle lies on the Kyrenia mountain range, in Cyprus. This location provided the castle with command of the pass road from Kyrenia to Nicosia. It is the best preserved ruin of the three former strongholds in the Kyrenia mountains, the others being Kantara and Buffavento. The castle… Read More »Saint Hilarion Castle
The Saint Hilarion Castle lies on the Kyrenia mountain range, in Cyprus. This location provided the castle with command of the pass road from Kyrenia to Nicosia. It is the best preserved ruin of the three former strongholds in the Kyrenia mountains, the others being Kantara and Buffavento. The castle… Read More »Saint Hilarion Castle
