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Cyprus seems to float on a mirror... the Mediterranean
Chypre, qui semble flotter sur la surface miroir de la Méditerranée
Credits: ESA/NASA
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The Saint Hilarion Castle lies on the Kyrenia mountain range, in Cyprus. This location provided the castle with command of the pass road from Kyrenia to Nicosia. It is the best preserved ruin of the three former strongholds in the Kyrenia mountains, the other two being Kantara and Buffavento. The castle is not named after St. Hilarion, active in Palestine and Cyprus in the 4th century. It was named after an obscure saint, who is traditionally held to have fled to Cyprus after the Arab conquest of the Holy Land and retired to the hilltop on which the castle was built for hermitage. An English traveller reported the preservation of his relics in the 14th century. It has been proposed that a monastery built in his name preceded the castle, which was built around it. However, this view is not supported by any substantial evidence.
Starting in the 11th century, the Byzantines began fortification. Saint Hilarion, together with the castles of Buffavento and Kantara, formed the defense of the island against Arab pirates raiding the coast. Some sections were further upgraded under the Lusignan dynasty, whose kings may have used it as a summer residence. During the rule of Lusignans, the castle was the focus of a four-year struggle between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and Regent John d' Ibelin for control of Cyprus.
Much of the castle was dismantled by the Venetians in the 15th century to reduce the cost of garrisons.
black and white shot of man falling asleep in omodos in Cyprus in baking heat of an august afternoon
Cyprus Day 6.
Driving around being tourists we stubbled upon this little owl out in the full heat of the day.
It's impossible to miss Cyprus when it comes into view.
Es ist unmöglich, Zypern zu übersehen wenn es in Blickweite kommt.
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Credit: ESA/A.Gerst, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO
One of the new offices of the Government for offering all kind of services to citizens (so that they don't have to go to each ministry separately) with jacaranda trees in front.
Taken in Spring last year.
Nicosia, Cyprus
The sun sets after another hot April day in Cyprus. I saw the water between the rocks and waited for a reflection, albeit small, of the sun in the small pool of water.
5B-DEF
Airbus A220-300 (A223)
Cyprus Airlines
delivery flight
thumbnail: youtu.be/sf_6O8R9_0g
YMX / CYMX
I've been revisiting some old photographs I took before I had a Flickr account. Most of them never got posted here, and all of them needed some reworking and overhauling to be somewhat presentable.
This was taken in 2001 in Chrysochou Bay, in northwest Cyprus, with my first digital camera: a 2MP Canon Digital Ixus.