The Nicosia City Walls was constructed by Venetians in 1567 in order to fortify the city defence against the Turkish attacks and the walls cover all the city center. The walls were just like bridges between three big gates "Kyrenia Gate", "Famagusta Gate", "Paphos Gate" which were the only ways for connection and transportation from/to city. Venetians demolished the houses, churches and other constructions around the city and they used stones of those constructions in order to build the walls. The city was conquered by the Ottomans though because Venetians had not enough time to complete the construction of walls.
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