Famagusta

An Open Air Museum

Famagusta possesses a wealth of history; you can feel the multi-cultural atmosphere (Byzantine, Lusignan, Venetian, Ottoman and British footsteps) in every street of the walled city. In the 1500's, over a dozen different languages ​​(Latin, Italian, English, Armenian, Syriac, Maronite, Macedonian, Albanian, Greek, Ivorian, Ancient Egyptian, Egyptian and Indian) were spoken. More than ten thousand people from different races and civilisations lived in Famagusta.


Explore the rich cultural heritage of Famagusta - you can discover more than 40 monuments including Othello's Castle, St. Nicholas' Cathedral, the Venetian Palace, the churches (Ss. Peter & Paul, St. Georgios Xorinos, St. Mary's Armenian church, St. Ann's, St. George of the Greeks, Agios Zoni, Agios Nikolas, Agios Simeon, Carmelite, St. George of the Latins, the Tanners church, St. Francis', St. Anthony's, Twin Churches), Turkish baths (Cafer Pasha, Scarlet, Kertikli), the walls with Land and Sea Gates, Ravelin, Martinengo Bastion and much more.

Venetian Palace
in the gardens
Lala Mustafa Paşa Mosque (St. Nicholas' Cathedral)
from Ravelin Gate
Lala Mustafa Paşa Mosque
St. Nicholas' Cathedral
Venetian Palace
the gardens
Lala Mustafa Paşa Mosque
St. Nicholas' Cathedral
Franciscan Monastery
from Venetian Palace gardens
Lusignan period door
Ottoman era window
Door from British colonial period
Door from Ottoman era
Leprosy Hospital (St. Anthony)
garden
Lala Mustafa Paşa Mosque (St. Nicholas' Cathedral)
Rear view
Land Gate and Ravelin Dungeon
Lala Mustafa Paşa Mosque (St. Nicholas' Cathedral)
Aerial view
Lala Mustafa Paşa Mosque (St. Nicholas' Cathedral)
Othello's Tower
Citadel
St. Mark's Lion
entrance to Othello's Tower
Othello's Tower
Citadel
Othello's Tower
Citadel
Othello's Tower
Citadel
Cafer Paşa Hamam
old Turkish baths
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Wheat Mosque
Twin Churches
Churches of Knights Hospitaller & Knights Templar
Ayios Nikolas
Byzantine church

Photo credits: Melis Selen Mete, Olkan Erguler