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PMR501-09 Cyprus (North), Girne/Kyrenia Castle, built by the Byzantines on a Roman site, and extended by the Lusignans and then the Venetians, the castle has never been taken by force due to its massive defences. Here: roof of the Byzantine chapel of St. George, squeezed between the Byzantine bastion and the newer Venetian bastion of the castle. Keywords: fortress, crenellations, fortified castle, fort

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Cyprus (North), Girne/Kyrenia Castle, built by the Byzantines on a

Roman site, and extended by the Lusignans and then the Venetians, the castle has never been taken by force due to its massive defences. Here: roof of the Byzantine chapel of St. George, squeezed between the Byzantine bastion and the newer Venetian bastion of the castle.
Keywords: fortress, crenellations, fortified castle, fort