Magusa Moat Meander #4 Traditional Cache
simboli2: Workmen are using the area for their equipment and coming at various times of the day.
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This cache is hidden a way back from the path. It might be easy, it might take a while to find. Look up as well as around for muggles.
The Martinengo Bastion was built at the northwest corner of the city. This was considered the most vulnerable point of the city. It was felt that any invading force from the sea would land farther up the coast in the Salamis area, and attack from the land. The design of this bastion was such that not only did it command a field of fire landward, but its cannons could be directed along the line of the wall should any invading force get into the moat. This proved so successful, that during the siege of Famagusta in 1570, the Ottomans didn't even attempt to attack this area. The walls, which are on average 30ft thick, also housed stables, arms depots and tunnels to get from one part of the wall to another. In 1570, the Ottomans attacked Cyprus, quickly taking possession of all but Famagusta. As the city would not surrender, the Ottomans laid siege to it. The siege lasted for ten months. You can still see evidence of siege to this day. Inside the city, much of the damage to the churches is from this time. They were the only buildings visible above the city walls, and provided a tempting target. As you walk along the moat, take time to look at the walls. Much of the missing stonework is not from the ravages of time, but from the ravages of cannon shot. If you look carefully, you can still see the occasional cannon ball, still embedded in the walls after nearly four and a half centuries.
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Hc naq ebhaq gur oraq n ovg. Haqre bvy.
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