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St. Hilarion Castle, 1965

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018H/15

Scope and Contents

227 x 172 mm. A distant view of the castle. The caption on the reverse of the photograph reads: 'One of three mountain fortresses on the peaks of Kyrenia Range, and certainly the most impressive of them all. It is the classic picture-look fairly [sic] castle, overlooking Kyrenia town from a height of 2,200 feet. The earliest historical reference to the Castle is found in chronicles recording Richard Coeur de Lion's conquest. It was originally... built by the Byzantines'.

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Dates

  • Creation: 1965

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Language of Materials

English

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