Kyrenia Castle
Kyrenia Castle at the east end of the old harbour in Kyrenia 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 Museum.Photo: J budissin, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—8:00 PM
- Type: Castle
- Description: building in De jure Cyprus , De facto Northern Cyprus
Localities in the Area
Kyrenia
Photo: Armigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kyrenia is the chief port and tourist resort of Northern Cyprus.
Kyrenia Castle
- Categories: fortress, historic site, tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Keryneia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.34164° or 35° 20' 30" northLongitude
33.32236° or 33° 19' 21" eastElevation
13 metres (43 feet)Open Location Code
8G7M88RC+MWOpenStreetMap ID
way 154898919OpenStreetMap Feature
historic=castleGeoNames ID
20135Wikidata ID
Q1408931Kyrenia Castle Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Armenian: Կիրենիայի ամրոց
- Azerbaijani: Kiriniya qəsri
- Basque: Kireniako gaztelua
- Cebuano: Froúrio Kyrineías
- Dutch: Kasteel Kyrenia
- Finnish: Kyrenian linna
- Georgian: კირენიის ციხესიმაგრე
- German: Festung Kyrenia
- German: Festung von Kyrenia
- Greek: Froúrio Kyrineías
- Greek: Κάστρο της Κερύνειας
- Greek: Φρούριο Κυρηνείας
- Hebrew: מצודת קירניה
- Indonesian: Kastil Kyrenia
- Italian: Castello di Kyrenia
- Japanese: キレニア城
- Latvian: Kirēnijas pils
- Malayalam: കൈറീനിയ കാസിൽ
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kyrenia slott
- Polish: Zamek w Kirenii
- Russian: Киренийский замок
- Slovenian: Grad Kyrenia
- Spanish: Castillo de Kyrenia
- Spanish: Castillo de kyrenia
- Swedish: Froúrio Kyrineías
- Turkish: Girne Kalesi
- Turkish: Girne kalesi
- Ukrainian: Кіренійській замок
- Frourio Kyrineias
- Kastel Kyrenia
- Keryneia
- Kyrenia City Fortifications
- Shipwreck Museum
- Кіренійський замок
Localities in the Area
- Yukarı Girne Eski TürkHamlet
- Aşağı GirneHamlet
- Yukarı Girne DeğirmentaşıHamlet
- Yukarı Girne ÇiftliklerHamlet
- TemplosVillage, 3 km west
Places in the Area
- CisternTechnical monument
- Bronze bellsWork of art
- Lusignan DungeonBuilding
- Cyprus Bronze Age antiques replica shopGift shop
- North-east Tower (Lusignan)Tower
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipdia page Kyrenia Castle. Photo: J budissin, CC BY-SA 3.0.