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Showing posts with label Famagusta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Famagusta. Show all posts

Sunday, 8 December 2019

Sunday Stamps - Places of Worship: Aden, Cyprus

Aden is now part of Yemen and is currently not a place to be. However in WWII it was a vital staging post for our Navy and  visited by my eldest brother when he was in the Fleet Air Arm.

I doubt that he would have taken much notice of - 


Aden - 1939
This is the Aldrus Mosque in Crater, Aden which was built originally in the 15th or early 16th century and rebuilt after being destroyed in 1859.

Although we have been to Cyprus we did not get to Famagusta in the north of the island to see the St Barnabas Monastery.

Cyprus - 17 September 1962
This is now an icon museum. It includes the tomb of St Barnabas discovered in 480 AD.

For other places of worship check out the stamps shown at Sunday Stamps.