Friday 26 November 2010

Cyprus, the Turkish-occupied north; St Barnabas, Salamis and Famagusta

St Barnabas is the founder of the Cypriot Church; near the Monastery with his tomb, on the east coast of Cyprus lies the prehistoric site of Engomi; the vaste excavations of historical Salamis are lying beside the beach, not far from mediaval Ammochostos/Famagusta.


Famagusta; gothic mosque (Lala Mustafa Paşa Mosque, former St Nicholas Cathedral)


Pentadaktylos


St Barnabas Church


St Barnabas Museum


Salamis; Gymnasium


Salamis; walking on the beach


Famagusta; prayers in the gothic mosque

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