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Ruins of Bellapais Abbey, Northern Cyprus

. . . THIS MAY TAKE A MOMENT OR TWO . . .

(Photo Credit: R. D. Norbert Backmund, O.Praem., in the 1950s)

This is a distant view of the abbey across the valley.

View of interior cloister area.

Cloister detail

An illustration of canons in the refectory of Bellapais.

Chapter house with dormitory above

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Closeup - pillar and capital

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Church lancet

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Corbel boss

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Church aisle capital

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Side aisle from nave of church

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Upper cloister

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Chapter house entrance

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Chapter house corbel boss

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

A second chapter house corbel boss

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

A third chapter house boss

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Rose window in the refectory

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Cellar below refectory

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Another view of the cellar

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

South of the nave

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Cellar below the dormitory

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Chapter house door

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Cloister corbel and tracery

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Bellcote from the cloister

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Tympanum, refectory doorway

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

View of the refectory doorway

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

West cloister

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Broken cloister arch

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)

Lector's pulpit, refectory

(Photo Credit: Mr. Brian Conneller, 2007)