The Wandering Scot
An occasional travel journal
North Nicosia
North Nicosia: Selimiye Mosque
Selimiye Mosque is tha architectual oddity, a Gothic Mosque. It started life as a French Gothic Church in the 14th c and was
converted to a Mosque by the Ottomans in the 16th c.
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| Entrance Gateway
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| Bishops in Church/Mosque gateway
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| Flying buttresses!
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| The main interior axis of the Church...
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| ... is misaligned with the required axis of the Mosque
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| Especially colorful Mihrab
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Around North Nicosia
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| Kumarcilar Han (rebuilt)
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| Kumarcilar Han
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| Buyuk Han
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| Buyuk Han
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| Buyuk Han: Prayer Room
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Haydarpasha Mosque, née St Catherine
Another, smaller, Gothic Mosque
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| Haydarpasha Mosque, née St Catherine
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| Ataturk Statue
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| Bedestan: Former St Nicholas church
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| Bedestan: Former St Nicholas church
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| Bedestan: Former St Nicholas church
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| Forbidden UN Zone
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North Nicosia: Venetian Walls
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| Venetian bastion + UN watchtower
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| Old North Gate
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| Forbidden UN zone
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South Nicosia
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| An unexpected memento of British rule
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| Church of Archangel Michael Trypiotis
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| Archangel Michael Trypiotis: Interior
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| Monument to Cypriot patriots imprisoned by the British
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| Archbishop Makarios statue
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South Nicosia: Venetian Walls
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| Wall restoration & maintenance
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| Famagusta Gate
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Pafos and Around
Pafos Archaeological Site
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| House of Aion: Left of Procession
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| House of Aion: Right of Procession
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| House of Theseus
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House of Dionysus: Year and Four Seasons
Summer & Spring at the top, Winter & Autumn at the bottom.
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| House of Dionysus
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| House of Dionysus
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| House of Dionysus
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| House of Dionysus
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| House of Dionysus
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| House of Dionysus
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| House of Dionysus
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| Ganymede being carried off by Zeus
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| Rebuilt Odeon and associated Ruins
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| Fragments of 12th c “Forty Columns” fortress
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| Ottoman Harbor Castle
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Pafos: Tombs of the kings
A rather dull site with some Roman and Hellenistic rock-cut nobles tombs.
Sanctuary of phrodite
A very ancient, but rather bare site, with an interesting small museum
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| Cult symbol of Aphrodite
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5th c. bc Sarcophagus
Ulysses's companions escaping the cave of the Cyclops Polphemus
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| 12th c. bc clay bathtub
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| 11th c. bc bathtub, with place for sponge
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| Another late bronze age bathtub
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Ancient Kourion
Kourion: Sanctuary of Apollo Hylate
Ancient Kourion archaeological site
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| Roman Nymphaneum
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| Eustolis House
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| Eustolis House
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| House of Gladiators
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| House of Gladiators
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House of Achilles
Achilles, disguised as a girl, meets Odysseus
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| Restored/Rebuilt theatre
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Kolossi castle
A 15th c. Crusader tower.
Famagusta
Famagusta: Cathedral-Mosque
The 14th c Gothic cathedral of St Nicholas turned into the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque.
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| Church wall has correct alignment with Mecca this time!
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| Cathedral-Mosque from Castle Otello
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Famagusta: Otelo Castle
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| Otello Castle Entry
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| Otello Castle: Lion of St Mark over gateway
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| Otello Castle
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| Otello Castle: Original Lion of St Mark
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| Otello Castle
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Famagusta: Venetian Walls
Around Famgusta
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"Victory Monument"
With an Ataturk face.
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Ancient Salamis
A ruined Roman city. Sadly, the remains are mostly rather dull.
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| Gymnasium
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| Ancient latrine
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| Pool
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| View of underfloor heating
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| "Restored" Theatre
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| Basilica of Campanopetra
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| Basilica of St Epihanius
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Kyrenia Castle
The surving structure is mostly Venetian. It's impressive.
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| "Lusignan Dungeon" entrance
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| Shipwreck Museum: Hull from 300 bc
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Balkans
