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Kyrenia Gate

Nicosia · In the area occupied by Turkey since 1974

Kyrenia Gate: a fortification in Nicosia, in the area occupied by Turkey since 1974. 2 dated records of work on it, 1931 to 1959, with sources.

Nicosia District, about 35°10′ N, 33°21′ E

  • Other recorded site
  • Contours every 100 m
The pin marks the village of Nicosia, not the building. Approximate location. Open in the map →

What was done when

2 records
  1. 1931

    Kyrenia Gate: rebuilding, the principal monuments work of the year (1931).

    Repair and conservation

    The Cyprus Gazette of 14 April 1931, p. 238, PDF p. 260 Online

  2. 1959

    The Kyrenia Gate was repaired.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “and the Kyrenia Gate repaired”

    Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1959 (London: HMSO, 1961), p. 86

In the literature

1
  1. Undated

    Shown in postcards; lies behind the Green Line in the Turkish-occupied area, now inaccessible.

    As printed

    “places such as the Cathedrals of St Sophia and St Nicholas, Serai Square, Kyrenia Gate”

    Anon., "Nicosia of Yesteryear", Cyprus Today vol. 40, no. 3-4 (September–December 2002), pp. 36–37, p. 37.

Pictures

8

In our archive · 6

Costas and Rita Severis Foundation1 painting1930
  • painting, 1930
Pitt Rivers Museum1 photograph1922
  • Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, photograph 2004.135.1.444, «View of Kyrenia Gate, part of the walls of Nicosia.», photograph by Leonard Halford Dudley Buxton, 1922 Online

Sources

  1. 1.The Cyprus Gazette of 14 April 1931, p. 238, PDF p. 260 Online
  2. 2.Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford, photograph 2004.135.1.444, «View of Kyrenia Gate, part of the walls of Nicosia.», photograph by Leonard Halford Dudley Buxton, 1922 Online
  3. 3.Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: pht_00689, “Kyrenia Gate”, ca. 1918, ; pht_00694, “Kyrenia Gate”, ca. 1918, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/kyrenia-gate-2/27950/; pht_00929, “Kyrenia Gate in Nicosia”, 1928, https://cvar.severis.org/en/collections/item/kyrenia-gate-in-nicosia/7529/; and 8 more records Online
  4. 4.Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1959 (London: HMSO, 1961), p. 86
  5. 5.Anon., "Nicosia of Yesteryear", Cyprus Today vol. 40, no. 3-4 (September–December 2002), pp. 36–37, p. 37.

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