Nicosia city walls

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city walls cultural heritage site fortification system

The Nicosia city walls are a well-preserved Venetian-era fortification system encircling the old city of Nicosia, notable for its star-shaped design and historic gates.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Old City of Nicosia	1
Walled City of Nicosia	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city walls ⓘ cultural heritage site ⓘ fortification system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Venetian walls of Nicosia NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Renaissance military architecture ⓘ
builder	Republic of Venice NERFINISHED ⓘ
cityServed	Nicosia NERFINISHED ⓘ
condition	well-preserved ⓘ
constructedBy	Venetians NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ
designedTo	defend Nicosia from Ottoman attacks ⓘ
encircles	Old City of Nicosia NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	1570 ⓘ
hasBastionCount	11 ⓘ
hasCurrentUse	historic landmark ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
hasGate	Famagusta Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyrenia Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ Paphos Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	Famagusta Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ Kyrenia Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ Paphos Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ bastion ⓘ moat ⓘ rampart ⓘ
heritageDesignation	protected monument ⓘ
inception	16th century ⓘ
influencedBy	Italian Renaissance fortification design ⓘ
locatedIn	Cyprus NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicosia NERFINISHED ⓘ
materialUsed	stone ⓘ
notableFor	Venetian-era military engineering ⓘ star-shaped plan ⓘ
numberOfBastions	11 ⓘ
partOf	historic centre of Nicosia NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Eastern Mediterranean NERFINISHED ⓘ
shape	star-shaped ⓘ
significantEvent	Ottoman siege of Nicosia NERFINISHED ⓘ
startDate	1567 ⓘ
surroundedBy	Green Line (buffer zone) in some sections NERFINISHED ⓘ
touristAttraction	true ⓘ
usedFor	demarcation of the historic center ⓘ urban defense ⓘ
yearOfSignificantEvent	1570 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Famagusta Gate → nearby → Nicosia city walls ⓘ

Ledra Street → locatedIn → Nicosia city walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old City of Nicosia

Revitalisation of the Walled City of Nicosia → focusesOn → Nicosia city walls ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walled City of Nicosia