Cyprus / Italy: Map of the walls of Nicosia, from the book Viaggio da Venetia a Constantinopoli per Mare by Giacomo Franco (1550-1620), 1597

Nicosia is the largest city on the island of Cyprus and its capital, located near the centre of the Mesaoria plain on the banks of the Pedieos River. Its well-preserved walls mark it as a star fort, built by the Venetians in 1567 due to the fears of an Ottoman invasion, which occurred in 1570.

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Paul K

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