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Efendi Water Cistern

You'll probably come across this site if you're heading to Kyrenia Harbour.
It dates back to Ottoman rule, who built public water taps for passer-by’s.
Made of hewn stone and with an arched roof, it's located northeast of St Andrew’s Church.
A marble inscription written in old Turkish reveals the water cistern was constructed by Es-Seyid Mehmed Emin Efendi, who was a clerk to the tax collector between 1816 and 1821 and later Governor of Cyprus in 1834. Collect it then spend it, so to speak.
He also initiated the building in 1817 of one of the holiest places for Muslims in the world, Hala Sultan Tekke which is in Larnaca and is a listed Ancient Monument with thousands of pilgrims visiting each year.
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