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© Peter Michael Rhodes
Photographer: | Peter Michael Rhodes | |||
Collection: | Travel | |||
Filename: | PMR505-05 |
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Upload Date: | 2013-05-01 10:34:37 | |||
Photo Size: | 2.4mb 3543x3543 pixels | |||
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Caption: | Cyprus (North): St. Hilarion Castle, "a picture-book castle for elf-kings"(Rose Macaulay). Named after a seventh-century hermit, the almost impregnable site has been a monastery, a fortress and a royal palace, occupied by Crusaders, Lusignans, Byzantines, Venetians and lastly used as a Turkish retreat from EOKA attacks in 1964. Here: view in the lower enceinte, with the belvedere of the middle ward nearest. |
Keywords: | rocky pinnacle, fortifications, ruined castle, commanding view, crag |