Ottoman Cyprus
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The Eyalet of Cyprus was an eyalet/province of the Ottoman Empire made up of the island of Cyprus, which was annexed into the Empire in 1571. The Ottomans changed the way they administered Cyprus mult
Chalcography depicting Famagusta in 1703
The Hala Sultan Tekke, built in 1817, was one of many landmarks constructed by the Ottoman Turks in Cyprus.
The Limassol Medieval Castle was rebuilt in 1590 by the Ottomans.
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Venetian Cyprus
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The island of Cyprus was an overseas possession of the Venetians from 1489, when the independent Kingdom of Cyprus ended, until 1571, when the island was conquered by the Ottoman Empire.
Ottoman Cyprus
…1609 in red. The rest of the Ottoman Empire in light-yellow Capital Nicosia History • Established 1571 • Disestablished 1914 Preceded by Succeeded by Venetian Cyprus British Cyprus Today part of Cyprus Akrotiri and Dhekelia The Eyalet of Cyprus (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت قبريس, Eyālet-i Ḳıbrıs) was an eyalet/province…
Portrait of Venetian Caterina Cornaro, the last medieval "Queen of Cyprus", by Titian
Marco Antonio Bragadin, Venetian Captain-General of Famagusta, was gruesomely killed in August 1571 after the Ottomans took the city.