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Ruins of La Cava Castle, Leontari Vounon (Athalassa)

Athalassa, Nicosia District

Ruins of La Cava Castle, Leontari Vounon (Athalassa): a castle in Athalassa, Nicosia District. Declared an Ancient Monument in 1914.

Protection

Antiquities Law
  1. 30 June 1914

    Declared an Ancient Monument, No. 12432

    “Ruins of La Cava Castle, Leontari Vounon (Athalassa)”

    The Cyprus Gazette No. 1243 of 3 July 1914 (Notice No. 12432), p. 8580, PDF p. 202 Online

  2. 10 May 1935

    Scheduled in 1935, First Schedule, Nicosia item 3

    “La Cava Castle, Leontari Vounon (Athalassa)”

    Supplement No. 1 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2441 of 10 May 1935, A Bill entitled A Law to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Antiquities [the Antiquities Law, 1935], First Schedule, District of Nicosia, item 3, p. 324, PDF p. 344 Online

In the literature

1
  1. 1952

    Convicts from the open summer camp at Athalassa worked with the Department of Antiquities at La Cava castle.

    As printed

    “with the Department of Antiquities at La Cava castle”

    Colonial Office, Report on Cyprus for the Year 1952 (London: HMSO, 1953), p. 44

Sources

  1. 1.The Cyprus Gazette No. 1243 of 3 July 1914 (Notice No. 12432), p. 8580, PDF p. 202 Online
  2. 2.Supplement No. 1 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2441 of 10 May 1935, A Bill entitled A Law to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Antiquities [the Antiquities Law, 1935], First Schedule, District of Nicosia, item 3, p. 324, PDF p. 344 Online
  3. 3.Colonial Office, Report on Cyprus for the Year 1952 (London: HMSO, 1953), p. 44

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