World / Cyprus / Government controlled area / Achna, 10 km from center Coordinates: 35°8'30"N   33°44'47"E

Sigouri Castle (ruins)


Sigouri Castle was built on level ground to defend a purely political frontier. King James I constructed it in 1391 to protect the Nicosia plain against raids by the Genoese who had been in possession of Famagusta since 1373.
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