MARTINENGO CLUSTER IS COMPRISED OF THE CHURCH OF ST. ANNE, ST. MARY OF THE ARMENIANS CHURCH, THE CARMELITE CHURCH AND TANNER’S MOSQUE.
CARMELITE
CARMELITE (ST. MARY OF CARMEL) CHURCH
This Carmelite church was part of a monastic complex dedicated to the Virgin Mary, built between 1324 and 1366 and painted sometime between the 14th and 15th Centuries. It is a beautiful and simple building consisting of a single nave with three bays and a semi hexagonal apse.
Located in the walled city of Famagusta, adjacent the Martinengo Bastion, St. Anne Church forms part of the so-called “Martinengo Cluster”. Clusters are critical mass areas of monuments identified by the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage in the Famagusta, Paphos and Karpasia/Karpaz regions, to promote the economic growth and territorial development of these areas.
ST. ANNE CHURCH
St. Anne Church
The church of St. Anne was probably built in the early 4th Century and was part of a monastic complex. It was built in what was known as the Syrian quarter and was originally a Latin, Catholic church but it was given to the Maronites in the 14th Century. It also consists of a single nave with two bays with groin vaults separated by transverse ribs.
Located in the walled city of Famagusta, adjacent the Martinengo Bastion, St. Anne Church forms part of the so-called “Martinengo Cluster”. Clusters are critical mass areas of monuments identified by the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage in the Famagusta, Paphos and Karpasia/Karpaz regions, to promote the economic growth and territorial development of these areas.
St. Mary of the Armenians Church
St. Mary of the Armenians Church
The church was probably built after the middle of the 14th Century by Armenian refugees from the port of Lajazzo. It was therefore built in a smaller simpler scale and form than the others around it. The church consists of a single nave and apse roofed by a square groin vault. It was part of a monastic complex dedicated to the Virgin built between 1324 and 1366 and painted sometime between the 14th and 15th century. It is a beautiful and simple building consisting of single nave with three bays and semi hexagonal apse.
Located in the walled city of Famagusta, adjacent the Martinengo Bastion, St. Anne Church forms part of the so-called “Martinengo Cluster”. Clusters are critical mass areas of monuments identified by the Technical Committee on Cultural Heritage in the Famagusta, Paphos and Karpasia/Karpaz regions, to promote the economic growth and territorial development of these areas.
Tanners’ mosque
Tanners’ mosque
Initially built as a Jacobite Church in the 15th or 16th Century, it was later converted into a mescit (small mosque) during the Ottoman period. It lies between the church of St. Mary of Carmel and St. Anne’s Church and is a curious mix of French, Gothic and Byzantine architecture.