Is one of the most famous sites in North Cyprus.

Kyrenia Castle dominates the entrance to Kyrenia’s pictures que harbour which acts as a standing guard over the port.

Kyrenia Castle started life under the Romans and was further improved through the ages especially by the Lusignans, but there remains much to see in the castle, and finally by the Venetians. It was the Venetians who built the really heavy defensive walls and the strong towers. Entering the castle, you actually cross the moat, dry now but it was not always so. Inside there is much to admire including the cruciform church of St George. One of the rooms off the courtyard houses the Shipwreck Museum which displays a 4th century BC wreck of a Greek merchant ship with its cargo. Kyrenia castle is a must visit landmark in Cyprus.

свернуть