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Kyrenia Gate
 The
Kyrenia Gate in the North is one of the three gates on the
walls surrounding the old city of Nicosia. This gate was one
of the most important entry-exit points of the city. It is
also known as the "Del Providetore Gate" after the
architecture Proveditore Francesco Barbaro. The Turks restored
the gate in 1821, adding a domed room on top of it. On the
panel above the gate there are verses from the Koran. The
seal of Mahmut II was placed on the Northern front of the
gate in 1820. The cannons in front of the gate transferred
by the British for the defence of Acre against Napoleon later
fell to the hands of the Turks.
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