[ SPECIAL REPORT ] Damage after earthquakes in Famagusta area

DutchCrusader



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27/12/2010 20:02

A panoramic picture of the damage (fish market) : ▶ [ http://is.gd/jzMNg/earthquake_damage ].



More: ▶ [ http://is.gd/jyGKM/todays_report ].



They all toppled down in the great earthquakes of 332 and 342 A.D. and although many were re-erected in late Roman times, i.e. the Byzantine period, they fell down again and became buried in the sand that had also silted up the ancient Roman port. In 1882 the marble columns were discovered but it was not until 1955 that the task of re-erection was completed. Since then, their world famous presence at Salamis has become one of the greatest tourist attractions of the island...