Another view from the Lapta Strip - a section of the main road that runs along the north coast of Cyprus - between the Mediterranean and the linear Kyrenia Mountain range rising a kilometre or so inland. April 2024.
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…but how many goats is he tending?
A sunny spring day on the western end of the Kyrenia Mountains some 400m above the village of Karşıyaka, Northern Cyprus March 2024.
The abandoned church of the Panagia Ton Katharon Christian Monastery, on the south-facing flanks of the Kyrenia Mountains in Northern Cyprus.
The site was founded in the 8th Century, and - famously - kept an religious relic that could, it was claimed, cure severe eye injuries…
March 2024.
An access stair to the defensive wall from within Kyrenia Castle - Research suggests the Byzantines built the castle in the 7th Century to guard the city. The first historical reference to the castle is in 1191, when King Richard I captured it on his way to the Third Crusade.
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A summer pasture south of the Kyrenia Mountains in Northern Cyprus, where 300-Class Mercedes Cars go to die (…or at least, to be recycled). February 2024.