City walls of Famagusta

City walls of Famagusta

Until the year 1489 the Lusignian walls surrounding Famagusta were of a thin texture although being very high. Later on the Venetians invaded Cyprus and with the intention of taking safety measures and making it durable against fire arms. Furthermore a 46 m wide ditch filled up with water was opened to the parts of the walls remaining outside the city. These 3km long walls of 18m height and some parts having a 9m width were made of large cut stones.

I waited for a while in order not to take the picture without human being. After a while, this lady started to climb steps with her son and get the picture. I was lucky for red tshirt. Now if you want to take the same picture, I will say it is not possible. Because this year a guard bar has been built on the steps in order to prevent any accident. But I did not like them :(( (Canon 1Ds Mark II, lens 70-200 f2.8 L @Hasan Bilgehan)