Fortifications

The walls of Famagusta and Othello Castle

We include Famagusta as the island’s second great centre of Venetian fortification.

Fourteenth to sixteenth centuries

The walls combine Frankish construction with Venetian rebuilding, while Othello’s Tower recalls how a real Mediterranean port entered European literature.

With children, one can discuss why a trading port required stronger defences than a mountain village.

At the site we focus on specific reference points: the four towers, the Lion of Saint Mark, the date 1492 and the thickness of the wall.