Venetian walls of Nicosia

The Venetian Walls are a progression of protective dividers that encompass the capital city of Nicosia in Cyprus. The principal city dividers were worked in the Middle Ages, however, they were totally modified in the mid-sixteenth century by the Republic of Venice. The dividers are still generally unblemished and are among the best-protected Renaissance fortresses in the Eastern Mediterranean. They are a significant vacation spot. The city of Nicosia, alongside Valletta in Malta and Palmanova in Italy, was viewed as a down to earth case of a perfect city of the Renaissance, and this was because of its strongholds just as the urban life inside the city.

Opened: 1567
Built by: Republic of Venice
Architect: Giulio Savorgnan
Battles/wars: Ottoman–Venetian War (1570–73)
Built: 1567–1570
Controlled by: Department of Antiquities


The Venetian dividers structure an outskirt around the Old City and are bizarre to such an extent that, once observed on a guide, you'll always remember the odd snowflake-like shape.

Dating from 1567, the round safeguard divider was raised by the Venetian rulers to avoid Ottoman intruders. Tragically it fizzled. In July 1570 the Ottomans arrived in Larnaka and after three months raged the strongholds, killing somewhere in the range of 50,000 occupants. The dividers have stayed set up from that point onward.

Five of the bastions, Tripoli, D'Avila, Constanza, Podocataro and Caraffa, are in the southern division of Nicosia. The Flatiron (Zeytilni) Bastion on the eastern side of the Old City is involved by Turkish, Greek Cypriot and UN military powers. The rest of the bastions, Loredano (Cevizli), Barbaro (Musalla), Quirini (Cephane), Mula (Zahra) and Roccas (Kaytazağa), are in North Nicosia (Lefkoşa).

The Venetian dividers and canal around Nicosia are in amazing condition. They are utilized to give vehicle parking spots and scenes for open-air shows, just as space for walking and unwinding. In North Nicosia, the dividers are fit as a fiddle and have gotten congested and broken down in parts.

Vehicle passages around the dividers permit customary traffic access to the Old City.

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