[MORE 1878] Have you noticed how..?

DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
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Message Posted:
19/11/2010 22:17

Have you been to the world famous Bellapais Abbey of late? Have you noticed how... [ click this URL: http://is.gd/hrece ]

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
19/11/2010 22:23

WOW, thanks Hans xxxxx

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
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Message Posted:
19/11/2010 22:31

Hans. Is the marble pillar valuable?

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
19/11/2010 22:40

RE msg 3, No1Doyen: (...) Hans. Is the marble pillar valuable? (...)

=> Bill, it's absolutely priceless. The pillar, at least 2000 years old and possibly much older, is without any doubt made of Greek marble (Cyprus marble is too fractioned to shape pillars) and 'borrowed' by the Lusignans from (Roman) Salamis.

P.S. I'm sure I know what you are thinking to do during your next visit and I feel obliged to warn you. You are skating on thin ice (even in Northern Cyprus): the possession of such a pillar is a crime and after your jail sentence you would certainly be expelled with the enthousiastic help of the Antiquities Police...

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
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Message Posted:
19/11/2010 22:42

P.S. I'm sure I know what you are thinking to do during your next visit and I feel obliged to warn you. You are skating on thin ice (even in Northern Cyprus): the possession of such a pillar is a crime....



Blimey Hans you really have a low opinion of me. )

shrimp


Joined: 01/09/2010
Posts: 939

Message Posted:
19/11/2010 23:17

Bellapaise blew us away, it truly is a very special place

DutchCrusader



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Message Posted:
20/11/2010 08:10

RE msg 6, shrimp: Maybe helpful for your next visit, all about Bellapais Abbey: http://www.allcrusades.com/CASTLES_COUNTRIES/castles_cyprus_overview-2.html