EU: On the fort, Nicosia, Cyprus (1878) through time

Nicosia 1878 3 photos of this spot

3 photographs taken at the same spot in Nicosia, spanning 1878 — 3 of them from before 1980. Line them up and watch the place change.

Fortifications in Nicosia photographed in 1878, the year the island passed from Ottoman to British administration under the Cyprus Convention; the walls encircling the Cypriot capital date to the earlier Venetian period.

EU: On the fort, Nicosia, Cyprus (1878) 1878 Fortifications in Nicosia photographed in 1878, the year the island passed from Ottoman to British administration under the Cyprus Convention; the walls encircling the Cypriot capital date to the earlier Venetian period.

EU: A fortified arched gate, Nicosia, Cyprus (1878) 1878 An arched gate set into Nicosia's city walls, photographed in 1878. The fortifications encircling the Cypriot capital date to the Venetian period, when the walls were rebuilt in their current star-shaped form during the 16th century.

EU: Nicosia, Cyprus. Photograph by John Thomson, [L0056641] (1878) 1878 Scottish photographer John Thomson made this image in Nicosia in 1878, part of a series documenting Cyprus around the time Britain took over the island's administration from the Ottoman Empire under the Cyprus Convention.