For the village Keryneia in Greece which is located in the prefecture of Achaea, see Diakopto.

Kyrenia (Κερύνεια, Girne)
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District	Kyrenia
Population
- City	52,000 (aprox)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)

Kyrenia (Turkish: Girne; Greek: Κερύνεια, "Keryneia") is a town noted for or its historic harbour and castle on the northern coast of Cyprus, in the region controlled by the Turkish Cypriots. Kyrenia at present is populated by Turkish Cypriots and British Expatriates. The term prefecture (from the Latin Praefectura) indicates the office, seat, territorial circonscription of a Prefect. ... Achaea (Greek: , Achaïa; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is an ancient province and a present prefecture of Greece, on the northern coast of the Peloponnese, stretching from the mountain ranges of Erymanthus and Cyllene on the south to a narrow strip of fertile land on the... Diakopto (Διακοπτό) is a municipality in Achaea, Greece. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1632x1224, 174 KB) Summary Kyrenia Castle at Night, North Cyprus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cyprus. ... The districts (επαρχίες) are the subnational subdivisions of Cyprus. ... Kyrenia District is one of the six districts of Cyprus. ... Timezone and TimeZone redirect here. ... Time zones of Europe: Light colours indicate countries not observing daylight saving Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+2 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ... Eastern European Time Central Africa Time Israel Standard Time South Africa Standard Time Central European Summer Time West Africa Summer Time Category: ... Turkish Cypriots are those inhabitants of Cyprus who are ethnically Turkish[1], as opposed to those who are of Greek (the Greek Cypriots) or other ethnicities. ...

Harbour

In its heyday the town harbour was lined with warehouses in which were stored the fruits of the countryside whilst they awaited export. The harbour is currently used largely for pleasure craft, and the buildings are now mostly all restaurants, with outdoor tables along the water. A larger harbour is located a few miles east of the town centre, used by commercial shipping and ferries from the Turkish mainland. Damaged package The Panama canal. ... The ferryboat Dongan Hills, filled with commuters, about to dock at a New York City pier, circa 1945. ...

Buildings

The castle at the east end of the old harbour is a very spectacular site and within its walls there is a twelfth century chapel showing reused late Roman capitals. The main features of the exterior of the castle are the huge round towers built by the Venetians in 1540 AD. This was a period of history when gunpowder, cannons and the use of artillery were being developed for the first time in military operations. The Old Crusader Castle was changed and huge high walls with round towers at the corners were built. A round tower is more difficult to destroy with cannon fire than a square tower, and so a new type of military warfare arose in the 16th century. The Venetians built many gun ports at three levels where cannon fire could be directed against attackers from the land. This proves that the Venetians were afraid of an attack from the Cypriots and not from the sea. Inside the castle, huge long ramps were built so that the artillery could be rolled up to the gun ports on the walls. The Old Crusader walls and towers were strengthened and improved so that the whole castle was carefully planned to meet a landward attack. However, this was all in vain as a major siege never occurred. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ...

The inner courtyard of the castle is vast and in one of the rooms leading off it is the Shipwreck Museum, exhibiting the remains of a 4th-century Greek ship, discovered by Andreas Kariolou, a Greek-Cypriot diver, and studied by Michael Katsev of the University Museum of Pennsylvania, in 1967, salvaged not far from Kyrenia together with its cargo. The Kyrenia ship as it is called, was extensively covered by the National Geographic Society. As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ... The Kyrenia ship The Kyrenia ship is the wreck of a 4th-century Greek merchant ship. ... The National Geographic Society, headquartered in Washington, D.C. in the United States, is one of the worlds largest not-for-profit educational and scientific organizations. ...

Kyrenia Harbour on a summer night

Kyrenia Castle

Bellapais Abbey inner court

One can identify the three main castles of the Kyrenia Castle: Image File history File links Girne_Harbour_by_summer_night_medium_size. ... Image File history File links Girne_Harbour_by_summer_night_medium_size. ... Kyrenia Castle - photo by User:Jeandunston File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Kyrenia Castle - photo by User:Jeandunston File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 571 KB) Bellapais Monastery inner court, Kyrenia, North Cyprus. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 571 KB) Bellapais Monastery inner court, Kyrenia, North Cyprus. ...

1. Byzantine Castle [ 330 AD-1192 AD]
2. Crusader Castle [1192 AD-1472 AD]
3. Venetian Castle [1472 AD-1570 AD]

The town has an icon museum housed in a church that was dedicated to the Archangel Michael. Not far from it there are some tombs cut into the rock dating from about the 4th century. Behind the harbour are the ruins of a small Christian church, and in the harbour is a small tower from which a chain could be slung to close the harbour to any enemies. The Anglican Church of St. Andrews is behind the castle and close to the bus station and is open all year round. Events May 11 - Constantine I refounds Byzantium, renames it New Rome, and moves the capital of the Roman Empire there from Rome. ... // Events The Third Crusade ends in disaster. ... February 20 - Orkney and Shetland are returned by Norway to Scotland, due to a defaulted dowry payment Possible discovery of Bacalao (possibly Newfoundland, North America) by João Vaz Corte-Real. ... Events January 23 - The assassination of regent James Stewart, Earl of Moray throws Scotland into civil war February 25 - Pope Pius V excommunicates Queen Elizabeth I of England with the bull Regnans in Excelsis May 20 - Abraham Ortelius issues the first modern atlas. ... Look up icon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Guido Renis archangel Michael (in the Capuchin church of Sta. ...

Bellapais Abbey (derives from the French "abbey de la paix" which means the Peace Monastery) in the Cyprus Northern village of Bellapais in Cyprus. The initial building was constructed between 1198-1205. The main building as it can be seen today was built during the 13th century A.D. by the Franks (French) monks of St. Augustine order, and specifically during the rule of King Hugh III 1267-1284. The pavilions around the courtyard and the refectory were constructed during the rule of King Hugh IV between 1324-1359. You can also see the Ancient Greek Orthodox Church of Mother Mary White Dressed. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... This article is about the Frankish people and society. ... Hugh III of Cyprus, Hugh I of Jerusalem, Hugh of Antioch or Hugh of Lusignan (died March 24, 1284), King of Cyprus 1267–1284 and King of Jerusalem 1268–1284, was the son of Henry of Antioch and Isabella of Cyprus, the daughter of Hugh I of Cyprus. ... Hugh IV was King of Cyprus from 1324 to 1359 and, nominally, King of Jerusalem, as Hugh II. The son of Guy of Lusignan, Hugh succeeded to the throne of Cyprus on the death of his uncle Henry II, in 1324. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Luther Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Coptic Orthodox Pope · Roman Catholic Pope Archbishop of Canterbury · Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Faith...

Outside the town, on the Kyrenia Mountain Range, you can see the Buffavento Castle, St. Hilarion Castle and Kantara Castle. During the Lusignan rule, Buffavento Castle was a prison and called 'Chateau du Lion', where the despot Byzantine king of the island, Isaac Comnenus, is said to have fled after Richard the Lion Heart conquered Cyprus in 1191. The mountaintop castle of St. Hilarion dominates the town of Kyrenia and is visible for many miles along the coast. Historical records show that the castle was originally a monastery, founded about 800 when a monk by the name of Hilarion chose the site for his hermitage. Later, perhaps in 1100 AD, the monastery was changed into a castle. The easternmost of the three castles is Kantara castle, and like the other two castles, was thought to have been constructed by the Byzantines following the Arab raids on the island. Sources only make mention of the castle in the year 1191, when Richard Lion-Heart captured the island. Kyrenia Mountain Range Beşparmaklar (Pentadactylos) The Kyrenia mountain range is a long, narrow chain of mountains that runs approximately 160 km (100 mi) along the north coast of Cyprus. ... The Lusignan family originated in Poitou in western France, and in the late 12th century came to rule the Kingdom of Jerusalem and the Kingdom of Cyprus. ... Isaac Comnenus was the last ruler of Cyprus before the Frankish conquest during the Third Crusade. ... Richard I (September 8, 1157 – April 6, 1199) was King of England from 1189 to 1199. ...

Famous people

• Osman Türkay, a Turkish Cypriot poet of international stature and a nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988, was born in Kyrenia.

Osman Türkay (born in Kyrenia on February 16, 1927 and died in 2001) an is a Cypriot poet of international stature and a nominee for the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988. ...

History

Main article: History of Kyrenia

The history of Kyrenia, a town in the turkish occupied area of Cyprus begins since the Prehistoric times of Cyprus and continues into the present. ...

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