The so-called “beach-tower” of Kyrenia city walls, Cyprus
The so-called “beach-tower” is the smallest of the three remaining towers belonging to the Kyrenia’s
medieval enceinte. Semi-circular in plan, with circa 6 m of diameter, the tower is today partially obliterated by the medieval urban tissue and is visible only from one side. Built during the twelfth-thirteenth
centuries, this harbour overlooking tower is raised on a pedestal in the north-west inner corner of the
city walled enclosure. The tower shows on the outside two windows that might belong to a later phase,