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SAINT-GEORGES-DES-LATINS CHURCH

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Yeşil Deniz Caddesi, Famagusta, Cyprus
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Former Catholic church built around 1280 on the model of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris. A portion of the wall has been preserved.

Now in ruins, this ancient Catholic church (Latinlerin Saint George Kilisesi, Εκκλησία Αγίου Γεωργίου των Λατίνων/Ekklisia Agiou Georgiou ton Latinon) is said to have been built around 1280 on the model of the Sainte-Chapelle (1248) in Paris with stones from the Salamine site in Cyprus. Almost entirely destroyed by the Ottomans in 1571, it retains its southern wall pierced by high Gothic ogival windows and gargoyles.

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l’église Saint-Georges des Grecs, deuxième plus grande église de Famagouste, n’a pas été meilleur. C’était la cathédrale grecque-orthodoxe de la ville ; elle a été construite dans le style d’une église latine, avec une large nef centrale, au XIVe siècle. Durant le siège ottoman, elle a été une cible privilégiée des assiégeants à cause de sa hauteur. Les impacts des projectiles sur ce qui reste de l’édifice sont toujours bien visibles. En outre, l’abside aurait été utilisée comme galerie de tir. Ce qui reste de l’église est toutefois impressionnant. Malgré les destructions, on est toujours sous l’envoûtement d’une grandeur passée qui s’impose au visiteur.
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