Church of Saint George

Media source: Σώτος Εκτωρίδης and Sotos Ektorides, “Τα ερείπια της εκκλησίας του Αγίου Γεωργίου των Λατίνων στην Αμμόχωστο,” Αψίδα, accessed May 22, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/48527.
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The church of Saint George of the Latins is a Gothic building dated to the late 13th century. In Famagusta there were two churches devoted to Saint George, one for the Greek Orthodox population and one for the Latin population. Therefore, the nicknames devoted to each one church appointed to each religious group.