Château de Paphos, Paphos Castle

Paphos Castle (Κάστρο της Πάφου) in Paphos, Cyprus.One of the two Frankish towers remained in ruins since the end of the 15th century A.D., when it was destroyed by an earthquake. Just before the Ottoman conquest of 1570, the Venetians destroyed what was left of the two towers with the use of explosives, in accordance with their decision to base the defense of the island on three towns of Famagusta, Lefkosia and Kyrenia. What survives today is the Ottoman restoration of the western Frankish tower, its Venetian additions and the remains of the second tower at a distance of 50m, to the east.