Kantara Castle overlooking the sea on Kyrenia mountain range, Island of Cyprus

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Kantara, Cyprus - April 5, 2010: Photo of the castle of Kantara, the easternmost castle of the three Pentadaktylos mountain range castles in the Ammochostos district in Cyprus. Built at 2068ft it commands both the northern coast and the Mesaoria plain and controls the entrance to the Karpas peninsula. Like the castles of St. Hilarion and Buffavento, it was first built in the Byzantine period after the Arab raids.

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Size: 3261px × 2174px
Location: Kantara, Cyprus
Photo credit: © IORDANIS PALLIKARAS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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