Title

White Bastion, old town walls, Famagusta, North Cyprus.

Caption

White Bastion, old town walls, Famagusta, North Cyprus. The town walls of Famagusta were built by the Venetians, who ruled Cyprus from 1489 until 1571 and made Famagusta their capital. The city fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1571 after a 13 month siege during their conquest of the island.

Date

1915

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Peter Thompson

Reference

HRM19D68_379

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,4Mb) / 17,1in x 11,4in / 5120 x 3413 (300dpi)

Keywords

city road building buildings wall street town Cyprus lane defence avenue walled city fortification gateway Famagusta location bastion century VENETIAN City Walls 16th century sixteenth century PETER THOMPSON TGN walled town photograph Northern Cyprus Peter Thompson Thompson Peter PTM photograph