Buffavento Castle

Girne District · Cyprus

Buffavento Castle, Cyprus
Photo: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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This ruined Byzantine and Lusignan castle clings to a jagged peak of the Kyrenia mountains at over 900 metres. Its scattered walls once formed part of a signal chain guarding the northern coast of Cyprus.

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