 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekutora kweOttoman kweguta muKukombwa kweFamagustaMuna 1571, chechi yacho yakashandurwa kuva chitevere chemakamera, kunamata kuchibvumirwa pazuva rimwe chete pagore, Mutambo waSt. George the Exiler, maererano nezvinyorwa. Muna 1905, hurumende yeBritain yakapa chechi yacho kuvaGreek Cypriots, avo vakaishandisa sechechi yavo yeparishi. Ikoku kwakanga kwakarongwa nomurume ainzi Michalakis Loizides, uyo akanyengetedza vakuru vakuru veBritain kuti vape mvumo nebetsero yavamwe shamwari dzechiTurkish Cypriot uye akawana matanda akasununguka emasuo namahwindo kuvagadziri vari pachiteshi chengarava cheFamagusta. Ipapo akawana muprista womumusha waiva pedyo weKontea kuti ashumire pachechi. Pakazosvika ma1930, mifananidzo yakawanda yakaonekwa muna 1899 yakanga yanyangarika, maererano naRupert Gunnis. Pakutorwa nechiGiriki cheKupro, rutivi rwokumaodzanyemba rwechechi rwakagadziridzwa. Pakati pa1937 na1939, matongo ari kuchamhembe akabviswa uye kuchera kwakaitwa; mugwagwa unoenda kumadokero wakaderedzwawo kusvika pamwero wawo apo chechi yakavakwa. Muna 1947, kumwe kugadziridza kwakaitwa. Munguva yechisimba chemukati memunharaunda ya1963-64, maGreek Cypriot akasiya guta rekare rakasimbiswa reFamagusta uye chechi yakashandiswa kugara vapoteri veTurkey Cypriot kusvika muna 1974. Izvi zvingave zvakakuvadzazve mifananidzo yacho. Kubvira muna 1989, yave ichishandiswa neEastern Mediterranean University senzvimbo yetsika. 