Kyrenia
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kyrenia-205-4302775
title:
Kyrenia
text:
Kyrenia is a city on the northern coast of Cyprus, noted for its historic harbour and castle. It is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus. While there is evidence showing that the wider region of Kyrenia has been populated before, the city was built by the Greeks named Achaeans from the Peloponnese after the Trojan War. According to Greek mythology, Kyrenia was founded by the Achaeans Cepheus and Praxandrus who ended up there after the Trojan War. The heroes gave to the new city the name
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
City in Kyrenia District, Cyprus
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrenia
date created:
2002-11-25T23:29:11Z
date modified:
2024-09-10T13:28:05Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Kyrenia_01-2017_img04_view_from_castle_bastion.jpg","width":4582,"height":2864}
fields total:
13
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16