June 7, 2022, Famagusta, Cyprus: Turkish flags fly over the ancient citadel. Famagusta is a city on the east coast of Cyprus founded around 274 BC famous for its citadel fort built by the Venetians. It has the deepest harbour of the island and during the Middle Ages it was the island's most important port city. The old town is nicknamed "the city of 365 churches" owing to a legend that at its peak,
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Famagusta boasted one church for each day of the year. In the 13th century an influx of Christian refugees fleeing the downfall of Acre (1291) in Palestine transformed it into one of the richest cities in Christendom. Fanagusta is in the Turkish-occupied zone, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC).
Fecha: 08/06/2022.
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