Ravelin

Ravelin is a castle in , . Ravelin is situated nearby to the city gate , as well as near the tourism office .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque - St. Nicholas’s Cathedral and Nestorian Church of St. George the Exiler.

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 , . is situated 500 metres northeast of Ravelin.

Historic building
The Nestorian Church, officially known as the Church of St. George the Exiler is a church in the old town of , founded in 1360. Originally built as a church belonging to the Church of the East, an ancient Nestorian branch of Eastern Christianity, it was converted to a Greek Orthodox Church in the British era after centuries of use as a stable for camels in the Ottoman era. is situated 430 metres north of Ravelin.

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. is situated 480 metres northeast of Ravelin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Famagusta and Varosha.

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.

Suburb
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.

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.

Ravelin

Latitude
35.12143° or 35° 7′ 17″ north
Longitude
33.9391° or 33° 56′ 21″ east
Open location code
8G7M4WCQ+HJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1392984181
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
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