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Bellapais Abbey, or the Abbey of Peace (from French: Abbaye de la Belle Paix), is the ruin of a monastery built by Canons Regular in the 13th century on the northern side of the small village of Bellapais, now in Turkish-controlled Northern Cyprus, about five kilometers from the town of Kyrenia. The ruin is at an altitude of 220m above sea level, and commands a long view down to Kyrenia and the Mediterranean sea.
The site of the Abbey may have served the Bishops of Kyrenia as a residence, and as a place of refuge from Arab raids in the 7th and 8th centuries. The first occupants known to have settled on or near the site were the Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre, who had fled Jerusalem after its fall in 1187 to Saladin. The canons had been the custodians of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Aimery de Lusignan founded the monastery, with the first buildings dating to between 1198-1205. The abbey was consecrated as the Abbey of St. Mary of the Mountain. The White Canons (Norbertines or Premonstratensians) succeeded the founding canons in 1206. Consequently, documents from the 15th and 16th century refer to Bellapais as the White Abbey.
The main building as it can be seen today was built during the rule of King Hugh III 1267-1284. The cloisters and the refectory were constructed during the rule of King Hugh IV between 1324-1359. Hugh IV lived in the abbey and had apartments constructed for his use.
In 1373, the Genoese raided Kyrenia, almost destroying Kyrenia Castle. The Genoese stripped Bellapais of anything that was portable and of any value.
By 1489 the Venetians had taken control of Cyprus. They shortened the Abbey's name to De la Pais (Of Peace), which in turn became Bellapais. By the time of the Venetians, the inhabitants of the Abbey had abandoned the Premonstratensian Rule. Reportedly, canons took wives, and then to keep the business within the family, accepted only their children as novices.
Following the Ottoman conquest of Kyrenia and Kyrenia Castle in 1571, the Ottomans expelled the Premonstratensians and gave the abbey to the Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus, which they appointed as the only legal Christian church on Cyprus. The Church of Cyprus neglected the Abbey, which fell into disrepair. However, the abbey church itself came to serve as the parish church for the village that grew up around it, and whose inhabitants may have used the abbey as a quarry for stone.
During the period of British control of Cyprus (1878-1960), the British Army initially took control of Bellapais. In 1878 they cemented the floor of the refectory, which they then used as a hospital. Unfortunately, the soldiers also fired off small arms in the refectory; one may still see bullet holes in the east wall. Then in 1912 George Jeffery, Curator of the Ancient Monuments of Cyprus, undertook repairs of the abbey.
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Bellapais Monastery - Kyrenia - Cyprus
The site of the Abbey may have served the Bishops of Kyrenia as a residence, and as a place of refuge from Arab raids in the 7th and 8th centuries. The first occupants known to have settled on or near the site were the Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre, who had fled Jerusalem after its fall in 1187 to Saladin. The canons had been the custodians of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
Aimery de Lusignan founded the monastery, with the first buildings dating to between 1198-1205. The abbey was consecrated as the Abbey of St. Mary of the Mountain. The White Canons (Norbertines or Premonstratensians) succeeded the founding canons in 1206. Consequently, documents from the 15th and 16th century refer to Bellapais as the White Abbey.
The main building as it can be seen today was built during the rule of King Hugh III 1267-1284. The cloisters and the refectory were constructed during the rule of King Hugh IV between 1324-1359. Hugh IV lived in the abbey and had apartments constructed for his use.
In 1373, the Genoese raided Kyrenia, almost destroying Kyrenia Castle. The Genoese stripped Bellapais of anything that was portable and of any value.
By 1489 the Venetians had taken control of Cyprus. They shortened the Abbey's name to De la Pais (Of Peace), which in turn became Bellapais. By the time of the Venetians, the inhabitants of the Abbey had abandoned the Premonstratensian Rule. Reportedly, canons took wives, and then to keep the business within the family, accepted only their children as novices.
Following the Ottoman conquest of Kyrenia and Kyrenia Castle in 1571, the Ottomans expelled the Premonstratensians and gave the abbey to the Greek Orthodox Church of Cyprus, which they appointed as the only legal Christian church on Cyprus. The Church of Cyprus neglected the Abbey, which fell into disrepair. However, the abbey church itself came to serve as the parish church for the village that grew up around it, and whose inhabitants may have used the abbey as a quarry for stone.
During the period of British control of Cyprus (1878-1960), the British Army initially took control of Bellapais. In 1878 they cemented the floor of the refectory, which they then used as a hospital. Unfortunately, the soldiers also fired off small arms in the refectory; one may still see bullet holes in the east wall. Then in 1912 George Jeffery, Curator of the Ancient Monuments of Cyprus, undertook repairs of the abbey.
Die Abtei Bellapais, im 13. Jh errichtet, gilt als gotisches Kleinod. Nebenan befindet sich ein berühmter Maulbeerbaum, dessen Geschichte Lawrence Durrell in dem Buch Bittere Limonen veröffentlicht hat.
Die Stadt Girne (die Griechen nennen sie Kyrenia) wird als schönste unter Zyperns Städten gerühmt. Die Zitadelle mit dem 2300 Jahre alten Schiffswrack ergänzt den Eindruck.
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Bellapais Abbey - Northern Cyprus (Kyrenia)
#Bellapais #Abbey, or the Abbey of Beautiful Peace (from French: Abbaye de la Belle Paix), is the ruin of a monastery built by Canons Regular in the 13th century on the northern side of the small village of Bellapais, now in Turkish-controlled #Northern #Cyprus, about five kilometres from the town of #Kyrenia. The ruin is at an altitude of 220m above sea level, and commands a long view down to Kyrenia and the #Mediterranean sea.
The site is also a museum, which hosts a #restaurant and a cafe. The Abbey's refectory now serves as a venue for concerts and lectures. In early summer it is also a venue for a local #music #festival.
Opening hours from June to mid-September are 9am to 7pm; the winter hours are 9am to 1 pm and 2pm to 4:45pm. Opening hours from mid-September to May are 9am to 5pm. There is an admission charge of 9 TL.
Structure:
The abbey consists of a church and a cloister, with most of the monastic buildings surrounding the cloister. In #Britain these would normally be built on the south side of the church to shelter the living quarters from the cold air from the north. At #Bellapais, the #monastic buildings are on the north, probably to be cooler, although occasionally the lay of the land dictated position.
The Abbey's main entrance is through a fortified gate on the south side, with a tower that is a later addition, and a forecourt. The gateway replaced an earlier drawbridge.
The church, which dates to the 13th century, itself borders the courtyard and is the best preserved part of the complex. The Italian murals on the facade may date to the 15th century. The church has a flat roof and a belfry, with only one surviving bell, above the entrance. The church consists of a nave with two side aisles, a choir and a sacristy. The surviving decorations include an intricately carved pulpit, the bishop's throne, and five chandeliers. It is possible that the graves of several Lusignan kings rest beneath the floor of the church.
The forecourt leads to the cloister, which has 18 arches. Under one of the arches on the north side there are two #Roman #sarcophagi that the canons once used as lavabos. The sarcophagi are one above the other, with the upper one being decorated, and the lower one plain. Water flowed from the upper to the lower, and then out a channel to the cloister garden.
Behind the sarcophagi there is a door that leads to the canons' refectory. The door's lintel contains coats of arms of #Cyprus, Jerusalem, and the #Lusignans. The refectory is Gothic in design and is the finest room in the Abbey. It includes a pulpit that projects from the north wall, six windows on the north wall that illuminate the space, and a rose window on the eastern wall. The room is 30m long and 10m wide, with seven columns that extend from the side walls to support the roof. While the canons ate their meals, a lector in the pulpit would read to them from the scriptures or the lives of the saints. The six windows provide a lovely view across the countryside to the sea. A door on the western wall leads to the kitchen and to a cellar built under the refectory. The rooms between the refectory and the kitchen may once have been the abbey's lavatories.
The chapter house is on the eastern side of the cloister, as is the undercroft. The chapter house functioned as the abbey's administrative office, and the undercroft contained workrooms. The chapter house has an interesting Gothic stone carving. The carving depicts a man with a double ladder on his back, a second man between two sirens, a woman reading, two beasts attacking a man, a woman with a rosary, a monkey and a cat in the foliage of a pear tree under which there is a man holding a shield, and a canon wearing a cloak. The column in the center of the chapter house may have come from a #Byzantine #church. The canons' cells were on a second floor, above the chapter house and the undercroft.
There are several stairs from the cloisters. Three give access to the roof. On the south side of the cloister there is a pair of stairs that lead to the abbey's treasury room, which is in the northwest corner of the monastery.
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00:00-00:30 Good afternoon, dear friends. With you here today is Victoria. I am happy to welcome you to the channel of Luxor Cyprus real estate of Northern Cyprus. Today is an excellent day and I have long wanted to show you one of the pearls of Northern Cyprus, Bellapais Abbey, which is found in Kyrenia.
00:31-01:00 The road from Iskele to here took around an hour. We will park the car at a paid parking space at the walls of the Abbey. A panoramic view opens up to Kyrenia from the viewing platform. The price of parking was around 5 Turkish lira which is around 1 dollar. You can visit the Abbey from 9 a.m. until 7 p.m. daily. This is one of the most popular tourist places, which you should definitely visit when you come to visit us on the island.
01:01-01:32 Give us la like and subscribe to our channel and, of course, don't forget about the notification bell, and you will always be in the know of our latest news and video tours. You can acquire various souvenirs here in memory of your visit for a price starting at one dollar, and also feel the local atmosphere over a cup of coffee or tea while enjoying the wonderful views of the Abbey.
01:33-02:00 And here is the ticket window where you can acquire entrance tickets. The large quantity of bills which have been left as a memory from different tourists is really impressive. There is money here from different corners of the world, including the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. We have tickets in our hands, and look how beautiful they are, they are worth 9 liras or about 2 dollars. And finally, we can enter.
02:01-02:33 I cannot even use words to tell you the emotions that come over you when you imagine that we are in a place that is more than 900 years old. Pictures from the past immediately come up, like how troubadours climbed the stairs and met the king. Right now, we are entering the church, which is dated back to the 12th century, on which the original paintings are still preserved. The given church is a bright example of the gothic architecture, not only of Northern Cyprus, but of all of the Near East.
02:34-03:07 The decorations of the church strike and amaze you, they stir up a large quantity of emotions in you. The church was Catholic, and then Greek Orthodox, and up until 1974 services went on and local residents came here. Now it's simply a museum. Just look at the wonderful carving on the wood that was thought through to the tiniest detail.
03:08- 03:42 This is a very beautiful iconostasis, which has been wonderfully preserved till our days. The church that we left from is the only building of the 12th century, all the rest are dated at the 14th century and onwards. Now we will go into the inner courtyard, and I will try to do a tour for you.
03:43-04:06 From the viewing platform opens up an amazing view of Kyrenia. Let's go into the dining room of the Abbey, which is active today since musical concerts are going on inside. Musicians come from all over the world and tickets can be acquired at the ticket window near the entrance.
04:07-04:43 Now we have a view of the roman sarcophaguses, if I'm not mistaken they date back to the 2nd century. There is an amazing molding and monks in white clothes were not afraid to wash their hands before their meal. We are in the dining room, and thanks to the arks there are magnificent acoustics here. A poster is left over from the last concert, and chairs are still set out. Oh, and this balcony, from which the superior read the prayer before the meal.
04:44-05:27 This is a classroom where the monks studied the holy scripture. Unfortunately, only the walls have held up to our time. Now we are on the second floor, I have gone up as high as I could. The stairs are pretty steep and haven't held up very well. A beautiful view of the mountains opens up, but no tour can convey the atmosphere of the magnificent Bellapais Abbey, where even the air is soaked with history. We are waiting for you to come as guests! Until we meet again! Bye-bye!
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Bellapais Abbey is the ruin of a monastery built by Canons Regular in the 13th century on the northern side of the small village of Bellapais, now in Turkish-controlled Northern Cyprus, about five kilometres from the town of Kyrenia. The ruin is at an altitude of 220m above sea level, and commands a long view down to Kyrenia and the Mediterranean sea.
The site is also a museum, which hosts a restaurant and a cafe. The Abbey's refectory now serves as a venue for concerts and lectures. In early summer it is also a venue for a local music festival.
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Saint Hilarion Castle - Kyrenia (Northern Cyprus)
The Saint Hilarion Castle lies on the Kyrenia mountain range, in Cyprus near Kyrenia (Girne). This location provided the castle with command of the pass road from Kyrenia to Nicosia. It is the best preserved ruin of the three former strongholds in the Kyrenia mountains, the others being Kantara and Buffavento.
Saint Hilarion was originally a monastery, named after a monk who allegedly chose the site for his hermitage, with a monastery and a church built there in the 10th century. Starting in the 11th century, the Byzantines began fortification. Saint Hilarion formed the defense of the island with the castles of Buffavento and Kantara against Arab pirates raiding the coast. Some sections were further upgraded under the Lusignan rule, who may have used it as a summer residence. During the rule of Lusignans, the castle was the focus of a four-year struggle between Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II and Regent John d' Ibelin for control of Cyprus.
The castle has three divisions or wards. The lower and middle wards served economic purposes, while the upper ward housed the royal family. The lower ward had the stables and the living quarters for the men-at-arms. The Prince John tower sits on a cliff high above the lower castle. The church lies on the middle ward. The upper ward was reserved for the Royals and can be entered via a well-preserved archway. Farm buildings are located in the west close to the royal apartments. Along the western wall, there is a scenic view of the northern coast of Cyprus, overlooking the city of Kyrenia (Girne), from the Queen's Window.
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Bellapais Abbey, Kyrenia, Northern Cyprus
Bellapais Abbey, or The Abbey of Peace, is the ruin of a monastery built by Canons Regular in the 13th century on the northern side of the small village of Bellapais, now in Turkish-controlled Northern Cyprus, about five kilometers from the town of Kyrenia. The ruin is at an altitude of 220m above sea level, and commands a long view down to Kyrenia and the Mediterranean sea. The site is also a museum, which hosts a restaurant and a cafe. The Abbey's refectory now serves as a venue for concerts and lectures. In early summer it is also a venue for a local music festival. The site of the Abbey may have served the Bishops of Kyrenia as a residence, and as a place of refuge from Arab raids in the 7th and 8th centuries. The first occupants known to have settled on or near the site were the Canons Regular of the Holy Sepulchre, who had fled Jerusalem after its fall in 1187 to Saladin. The canons had been the custodians of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
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