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Agrida ...........................
Akdogan .......................
Alaminos
Amathus .......................
Bellapais Abbey (intro) ..
• Plan of the Abbey
• Entrance (gateway)
• Church
• Cloister
• Chapter and classroom
• Mason marks
• Lavabo (sarcophagi)
• Refectory
• Cellarium
• Stables and kitchen
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Crusader Road
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Perpetual spring
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View on St. Hilarion
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Village
Buffavento ....................
• Panoramic photo
• Extra
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Buffavento Special!
Cape Akamas ................
Evdhimou ......................
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towns,
castles, churches & other remains, maps and plans etc.
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Agirdag in Turkish; was known as La Gride by the Franks
Greek: Lyssi (a medieval bailiwick)
Small and unimportant keep
Also: Amathonda, Amathusia, Amathussa
13th century | Extra: location
map | Extra: snow
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Built
on the spur or side of a 30 metres high cliff...
In
front of the west end of the church | Edmond
Duthoit |
The
most ancient part of the Abbey
'Southern
Flamboyant style' | Extra: Cornelis
de Bruyn & Pococke
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Impressive
ruins and devastated dormitory
To
identify the mason who prepared the block | Extra: mason marks |
Where
monks washed their hands before entering the refectory...
A
remarkable hall (30 x 10 metres) of unusual magnificence
Two very imposing vaulted apartments
All
that remains of the kitchen range is a short stretch of wall
One
of the most ancient roads of Cyprus...
A source that helped to make life possible at Bellapais Abbey
North side of the cloisters , where Saint Hilarion Castle can be seen
Extra: Restaurant
"The
tree of Idleness", your webmaster's lunch-tip
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Exclusive picture of intrigueing Buffavento Castle by Michel Verhoeks
Donated by the Dutchman Stefan Diemeer after his visit (Sept. 2005)
Donated by the Dutchman Michel Verhoeks after his visit (Sept. 2005)
The highest of the three Northern castles...
A fort
Medieval village, a one time fief of Jean d'Ibelin, Count of Jaffa
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