Buffavento Castle
Buffavento Castle is a castle in Northern Cyprus. The exact date of its construction remains unknown, the most plausible theory being the Byzantine period. It combines Byzantine and Frankish architectural elements. It fell into disuse in the 14th century.Photo: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Historic site
- Description: castle in Northern Cyprus
- Also known as: “Voufavento”, “Voufaventoh”, and “Vufavento”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Panagia Apsinthiotissa.
Panagia Apsinthiotissa
Building
Panagia Apsinthiotissa or Absinthiotissa is a Greek Orthodox monastery located at the southern foot of the Pentadaktylos range in the Republic of Cyprus. Panagia Apsinthiotissa is situated 2 km west of Buffavento Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vouno and Koutsovendis.
Vouno
Village
Vouno is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus. De facto, it is under the control of Northern Cyprus. Its population in 2011 was 299. The village of Vouno is located 10 kilometres north of Nicosia in Cyprus.
Koutsovendis
Village
Photo: Shirazibustan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Koutsovendis or Koutsoventis is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Koutsovendis is situated 2½ km south of Buffavento Castle.
Klepini
Village
Klepini is a village in the Kyrenia District of Cyprus. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. Klepini is situated 3 km northeast of Buffavento Castle.
Buffavento Castle
- Categories: castle ruin, crusader castle, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Ágios Epíktitos, Keryneia, Cyprus, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
35.2874° or 35° 17′ 15″ northLongitude
33.41002° or 33° 24′ 36″ eastElevation
907 metres (2,976 feet)Open location code
8G7M7CP6+X2OpenStreetMap ID
way 102190298OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
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In Other Languages
From Azerbaijani to Uzbek—“Buffavento Castle” goes by many names.
- Azerbaijani: “Buffavento qəsri”
- Basque: “Buffavento gaztelua”
- Catalan: “Castell de Buffavento”
- Cebuano: “Voufavénto”
- Dutch: “Kasteel Buffavento”
- French: “château de Buffavento”
- French: “Château de Buffavento”
- Georgian: “ბუფავენტოს ციხე”
- German: “Buffavento”
- Greek: “Voufavénto”
- Greek: “Βουφαβέντο”
- Hungarian: “Buffaventói vár”
- Italian: “Buffavento”
- Lithuanian: “Bufaventas”
- Malayalam: “ബഫവെന്റോ കാസിൽ”
- Persian: “بوفاونتو”
- Polish: “Zamek Buffavento”
- Russian: “Буффавенто”
- Russian: “замок Буффавенто”
- Slovenian: “grad Buffavento”
- Spanish: “Buffavento”
- Swedish: “Voufavénto”
- Turkish: “Bufavento Kalesi”
- Turkish: “Buffavanto”
- Ukrainian: “Буффавенто”
- Urdu: “قلعہ بوفاونتو”
- Uzbek: “Buffavento”
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