Larnaca Castle
Larnaca Castle is a castle located on the southern coast of Cyprus. It was constructed to defend the southern coast of Cyprus and the harbour town of Larnaca and was later used as an artillery station, prison, and a museum.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours:
April 16th—September 15th: Monday—Friday 8:00 AM—7:30 PM; Saturday—Sunday 9:30 AM—7:30 PM
September 16th—April 15th: Monday—Friday 8:00 AM—5:00 PM; Saturday—Sunday 9:30 AM—5:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: castle in Larnaca, Cyprus
- Also known as: “Turkish Fort”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca and Djami Kebir mosque.
Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca
Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of Saint Lazarus is a late-9th century church in Larnaca, Cyprus. It belongs to the Church of Cyprus, an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church. Church of Saint Lazarus, Larnaca is situated 290 metres northwest of Larnaca Castle.
Venetian Lion Statue in Larnaca
Memorial
Photo: Alkhimov Maxim, CC BY 3.0.
Venetian Lion Statue in Larnaca is a memorial, which is situated 110 metres north of Larnaca Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skala and Larnaca.
Skala
Suburb
Skala or Scala is neighbourhood or quarter of Larnaca, Cyprus and is also commonly used to refer to Larnaca itself.
Larnaca
Photo: Armigo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Larnaca is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus. With 85,000 residents in 2015, metropolitan Larnaca is the island's third largest city.
Livadia
Suburb
Livadia is a municipal district of the Larnaca Municipality and suburb of Larnaca. It has been a settlement since the Middle Bronze Age. Livadia is situated 4½ km north of Larnaca Castle.
Larnaca Castle
- Categories: castle, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: Lárnaka, Larnaca district, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
34.91029° or 34° 54′ 37″ northLongitude
33.63767° or 33° 38′ 16″ eastElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
8G6MWJ6Q+43OpenStreetMap ID
way 116724647OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limited
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Larnaca Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة لارنكا”
- Armenian: “Լառնակա ամրոց”
- Armenian: “Լառնակայի ամրոց”
- Basque: “Larnakako gaztelua”
- Cebuano: “Kastro Larnakas”
- Dutch: “Kasteel Larnaca”
- Dutch: “Kasteel van Larnaca”
- Georgian: “ლარნაკის ციხესიმაგრე”
- German: “Burg Larnaca”
- German: “Burg Larnaka”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Λάρνακας”
- Greek: “Κάστρο της Λάρνακας”
- Hebrew: “מבצר לרנקה”
- Italian: “Castello di Larnaca”
- Japanese: “ラルナカ城”
- Malayalam: “ലാർനാക്ക കാസിൽ”
- Russian: “Ларнакский замок”
- Slovenian: “Grad Larnaka”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Larnaca”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Lárnaca”
- Swedish: “Kastro Larnakas”
- Turkish: “Larnaka Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Ларнакський замок”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Larnaca Castle”. Photo: A.Savin, FAL.