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On July 20, 1974, Turkey landed on the island to protect the Turkish minority from attack from the Greek military coup for enosis. The Greek Cypriots of Kyrenia abandoned their homes and headed to south of what is now the green line. In 1974, there were 47 villages in the district of Kyrenia Archived 2007-02-18 at the Wayback Machine.
The earliest document which mention Kyrenia is the 'Periplus of Pseudo Skylax'. It dates to the thirteenth century but is based on fourth-century BC knowledge. The manuscript names numerous towns along the Mediterranean coast and mentions Kyrenia as a harbour town: 'Opposite Cilicia is the island of Cyprus, and these are its city-states (poleis): Salamis, which is Greek and has a closed winter ...
Kyrenia Castle (Greek: Κάστρο της Κερύνειας Turkish: Girne Kalesi) is a 16th-century castle built by the Venetians over a previous Crusader fortification. . Within its walls lies a twelfth-century chapel showing reused late Roman capitals, and the Shipwreck Mus
The timeline of a Hellenistic Kyrenia shipwreck stumped researchers for decades. But thanks to a cache of ancient almonds, a new study may have a better estimate.
The Kyrenia District, [b] or simply Kyrenia, [c] is one of the six districts of Cyprus.Its capital city is Kyrenia.It is the smallest of Cyprus's districts, and is the only one controlled in its entirety by the unrecognised de facto state of Northern Cyprus, where the same territory is administered as the de facto Girne District, a distinct entity.
Its capital is Kyrenia, also known by its Turkish name, as Girne. Its de facto population was 73,577 in the 2011 census. [2] Its Governor is Mehmet Envergil. [3] It has the same boundaries as the Kyrenia District of Cyprus, a distinct political entity and local government-in-exile which claims the same territory. Girne District is the only ...
The Saint Hilarion Castle lies on the Kyrenia mountain range, in Cyprus.This location provided the castle with command of the pass road from Kyrenia to Nicosia.It is the best preserved ruin of the three former strongholds in the Kyrenia mountains, the other two being Kantara and Buffavento.
Agios Amvrosios (Greek: Άγιος Αμβρόσιος; Turkish: Esentepe, literally meaning “Breezing hill”) is a village located in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus, east of Kyrenia. It is under the de facto control Northern Cyprus .