Kyrenia Gate and the Nicosia walls.

What to see at Kyrenia Gate and the Nicosia walls

• A round-arched passage cuts through a heavy stone block, its arch ringed with dressed stones.
• Above the arch are a stepped Latin slab dated 1562 and a carved relief, with "GRI" and "1931" cut into the face.
• On the north face a long marble slab carries Mahmud II's Ottoman inscription, and a square guard room with a low dome stands on top.

History of Kyrenia Gate and the Nicosia walls

1560s

Venetians build the gate as Porta del Provveditore, after Francesco Barbaro; its Latin inscription reads 1562.

1821

Under Mahmud II the Ottomans restore it, adding a domed room above and a marble inscription.

1931

The walls on both sides are cut for a road, leaving the gate standing alone.

Visiting Kyrenia Gate and the Nicosia walls

Allow about half an hour. The Kyrenia Gate (Girne Kapısı) stands in the walled city of Lefkoşa (Nicosia), not in Kyrenia. A car park is mapped about 50 m away, and the bus stand at the gate is about 50 m away.

About the Kyrenia Gate and the Nicosia walls 3D model

The 3D model is work in progress and has not yet passed our quality check. Built without a site visit, it follows the gate's outline on the map and published photographs, with heights good to about 7 %. The ground around it is drawn as a setting, not measured.

Open the 3D model of Kyrenia Gate and the Nicosia walls

Monuments near Kyrenia Gate and the Nicosia walls

• Mevlevi Tekkeabout 100 m southThe lodge of the whirling dervishes of Cyprus, also in Lefkoşa's walled city.
• National Struggle Museumabout 200 m north-eastThe Turkish Cypriot account of the conflict, from the late 19th century to 1974.
• Kumarcılar Hanabout 500 m southLefkoşa's second great han, an Ottoman inn recorded in 1748.