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While today the fortifications are divided - making Nicosia the only divided city in Europe - in the past they symbolized a spatial unity for the multicultural inhabitants of the capital, as well as a means of protection against the turbulent political and military scene of the epoch.

Everything related to the site is the responsibility of the Department of Antiquities. The Nicosia City Council works very closely with the Department and wishes to continue its efforts to promote fortifications by organizing walking tours, publishing brochures and guides, posting information on the Internet and organizing public exhibitions.

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The fortifications of Nicosia were the first point of reference for European travelers, traders and visitors, who rushed past its great walls before sunset or as soon as dawn. The history of the fortifications is very well documented thanks to the frequent accounts of these European visitors who described this magnificent monument.

These Venetian fortifications were designed by an Italian engineer and the three gates that were built in them received, respectively, the names of Puerta de Santo Domenico, Puerta Provveditor and Puerta Giulia. The repeated attacks suffered by these fortifications at the hands of powerful and well-trained armies, against which a fierce defense was exerted, fully justify them as an indispensable example for the study of European defense systems against enemy sites.

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-was built in the last years of the Venetian rule in Cyprus.
-protected attacks by ottoman in the 13th century.
-today it s a tourist attraction
-was built within 10 months
-also called Porta Domenico, Porta Guiana& Porta del Prouveditore