NORTH CYPRUS - Bellapais Monastry, Kyrenia

My 3rd card from North Cyprus.  Thanks so much  Jeannine!

"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 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."

NORTHERN CYPRUS - Lala Mustafar Mosque

My second card from North Cyprus, same picture but  different stamp used. Thanks to Valeri for sending me card from your travel!

NORTHERN CYPRUS - Lala Mustafa Mosque (St. Nicholas)

I am very happy to get my hand on a card from Northern Cyprus, a new addition to my collection, #144. Considering how difficult to get the written and stamps card from here, it is indeed a bonus to me, Many thanks to my dear stamp friend, Valeri from Cyprus.

The 14th-century Gothic Cathedral of St. Nicholas, which has since been turned into a mosque named Lala Mustafa Camii, is the most important monument in Famagusta, Northern Cyprus.

 "The Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque originally known as Saint Nicholas's Cathedral and later as the Ayasofya (Saint Sophia) Mosque of Magusa, is the largest medieval building in Famagusta, Northern Cyprus. Built between 1298 and c. 1400, it was consecrated as a Catholic cathedral in 1328. The cathedral was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman Empire captured Famagusta in 1571 and it remains a mosque to this day."

Northern Cyprus (Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Turkish: Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti), is a self-declared state that comprises the northeastern portion of the island of Cyprus. Recognised only by Turkey, Northern Cyprus is considered by the international community to be part of the Republic of Cyprus.