Lusignan House.

What to see at Lusignan House

• A two-storey cut-stone house around an inner courtyard, with a Gothic-arched doorway.
• Over the doorway are coats of arms, one thought to be that of the Venetian Pisani family.
• Inside, the ground floor is furnished in Lusignan style and the upper floor in Ottoman, with an Ottoman bay window and decorated wooden ceilings.

History of Lusignan House

1436

The traveller Pero Tafur is a guest of Princess Agnes, of the Lusignan royal family, in her house here.

1456

King John II stays here with Princess Agnes, as histories record.

1958

Two Turkish families, then the Classen couple, use it as a home and weaving workshop until this year.

Visiting Lusignan House

Allow about half an hour. The house is inside the walled city of Lefkoşa. A car park is mapped about 100 m away, and intercity buses stop at Kyrenia Gate (Girne Kapısı), about 550 m on foot. The museum is titled Lefkoşa from the Middle Ages to Today.

Monuments near Lusignan House

• Lapidary Museumabout 200 m southMedieval carved stone in a Venetian-style house that once lodged pilgrims.
• Saçaklı Evabout 250 m south-westAn Ottoman courtyard house named after the deep eaves of its projecting room.
• Selimiye Mosqueabout 250 m south-westThe Gothic cathedral of Lefkoşa, a mosque since 1570, with two minarets.