Glossa Burnu

Glossa Burnu is a point in , . Glossa Burnu is situated nearby to the suburb , as well as near the quarter .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque - St. Nicholas’s Cathedral and Famagusta within the walls.

Mosque
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
The Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque, originally known as the Cathedral of Saint Nicholas and later as the Saint Sophia Mosque of Mağusa, is the largest medieval building in , .

Photo: Gerdl, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The fortifications of Famagusta are a series of defensive walls and other fortifications which surround the city of in . The walls were built by the Lusignan Kingdom of Cyprus in the 14th century, and redesigned by Republic of Venice in 15th and 16th centuries before the siege of Ottoman Empire in 1571.

Church
Photo: Haubi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Varosha and Famagusta.

Suburb
Photo: Andrew Milligan sumo, CC BY 2.0.
is the southern quarter of , a de jure territory of , currently under the control of . had a population of 226 in the 2011 Northern Cyprus census. The area of is 6.19 km2.

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
is a city in , with a population of 55,648 in 2019. It's a seaport and tourist resort and has a walled old centre created in the 13th century.

Photo: panagiotys maimaride…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large village in the island of . It is located on the east side of the island, 2 km south of the city of . The population of the village is 5,758 and it consists of a municipality since 1994.

Glossa Burnu

Latitude
35.11806° or 35° 7′ 5″ north
Longitude
33.95972° or 33° 57′ 35″ east
Open location code
8G7M4X95+6V
Geo­Names ID
414737
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Glossa Burnu” goes by many names.
  • Turkish: “Glossa Burnu”

Localities in the Area

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