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Famagusta Cıty-Walls:
The city-walls built by the Lusignans were very high but
thin. After the Venetians captured the island from the Lusignans, they
brought over specialists from Venice to fortify the walls against
artillery fire particularly to protect themselves from the Ottomans. The
wall on the sea front, the Mantinengo bastion and the Kara (Land) Gate
were built during this period. A ditch 46 metres wide was dug on the
outer flanks of the wall and was filled with water. The wall built of
ashlar is 3 kilometres in length and reaches 9 metres in width at some
points. The city-walls have bastions, gates, ramps, embrasures, arms
depots, depots and stables. The towers of the walls are as follows: ·
Arsenal (Canbulat) · Mare (The Sea Gate Bastion) · Castella (The Othello
tower) · Signonia (The Ringed Embrasure) · Diamete (The Karpaz Bastion)
· Mozzo (The Martyr Bastion) · Martinengo (Arsenal) · Pulacazaro ·
Moratto · Diocare · Ravelin (The Land Gate, The White Tower) · Santa
Napa (The Golden Bastion) · Andurizzi (The water bastion) · Campo Santa
(The Ringed Bastion) There is also the Othello building as an interior
castle, the two original entrances; Ravelin (The Land Gate) and Porta
del Mare (The Sea Gate). but they were The Ottomans later restored the
walls that were destroyed during the invasion of Famagusta. Back |
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