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Turkish Museum
Edit ThisCalled the "Mevlevi Tekke" this museum exhibits old handicraft works and impressions of former daily life in the nowadays separated city. It is located in an old 17th century building, a former Dervish sanctuary, near the Kyrenia Gate.
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Selimiye Mosque
Edit ThisThe Selimiye Mosque was built as the St. Sophie Cathedral in the Lusignans period (13th century) in French gothic style fashionable at the time. It was a joint project of Queen Alix de Champagne and of Archbishop Thiryx. After its consecration, it was used for the coronation ceremonies of the de Lusignan kings. The Ottoman conquerors in 16th century transformed it into a mosque, adding three minarets to it and an offering table. Fortunately the 14th century statues and reliefs of saints and angels on its doors and panels have survived, even if the mosque is used daily for more..
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Berbers Museum
Edit ThisThe Berbers museum was the former family residence of Major Ilhan, a major in the Army Medical Corps, who was killed in 1963 by EOKA fighters. Here you will find plentiful evidence of the continous feud between Turkish and Greek Cypriots.
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Lapidary Museum
Edit ThisThe Lapidary Museum is located in an 15th century Venetian building.
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Sultan Mahmoud II's Library
Edit ThisBuilt in 1829 by the Turk Governor Al Ruhi, the Sultans Library hosts thousands of volumes from the great Sultan's private library. On the window sill of the small reading room you will see the Sultan's crest and signature.
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Buyuk and Kumarcilar Han
Edit ThisThese two Hans (Inns) are two neighbouring and very similar Ottoman structures. The Buyuk (great) Han is, of course, slightly larger and also older. It has an inner court for carriages, with a small mosque in its centre.
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