Canbulat Bastion and Museum.

What to see at Canbulat Bastion and Museum

• The tomb of Canbulat Bey lies beneath the bastion, enclosed by iron railings; the present marble tomb dates from 1968.
• The museum shows Ottoman-period weapons, plates and wall tiles, the wooden tomb inscription of Kutup Osman, and archaeological finds.
• The bastion itself is Venetian, originally called the Arsenal.

History of Canbulat Bastion and Museum

1571

Canbulat Bey, bey of Kilis, falls in the Ottoman siege of Gazimağusa while attacking the Venetian Arsenal bastion, which is later named after him.

1968

The original tomb is close to collapse, so a new one is built in Italian marble, and the museum opens on 1 August.

Visiting Canbulat Bastion and Museum

Allow about half an hour. The bastion is at the south-east corner of the walls of Gazimağusa (Famagusta). A car park is mapped about 50 m away, and no bus stop is mapped within about 500 m.

Monuments near Canbulat Bastion and Museum

• Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosqueabout 450 m north-westA Gothic cathedral of 1298–1312 with a minaret, used as a mosque since 1571.
• Namık Kemal Dungeonabout 500 m westThe cell where the Ottoman poet Namık Kemal was exiled from 1873 to 1876.
• Famagusta Walled Cityabout 500 m north-westThe Gothic churches and Venetian walls of Gazimağusa's old city.