| In 1570
the Turks conquered Cyprus. The island’s conquest was the result
of a number of heroically sustained fights conducted by the
Venetians and the Cypriots.
  
On
Tripoli’s’ bastion and on the walls of Nicosia, the arms of
the last defenders of the walls in the 16th century
were found and are part of the exhibits (24 suits of armour and 25
helmets. Some of the Turks’ arms are also exhibited [pistols, 26
swords, 27 cannons e.t.a.].
Finally,
in the extreme northern cell on the first floor, 28-29 typical
Alexandrian and Cypriot bronze pots are exhibited. They belong to
this late age, which is represented partly through the exhibits at
the Cyprus Medieval Museum.
Exhibits
of the 19th and the early 20th century may
usually be found at the Folk Art Museums (e.g. Limassol Folk Art
Museum, the Department of Antiquities Folk Art Museum at
Yeroskipos).
  
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