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ID: CY3 Title: The Minaret of Jami Kepir, Larnaca, Cyprus.  
Period of construction: 16th century AD
Structural type: Slender masonry structure (natural stones and mortar)
Chronology of intervention:
Not known, several decades before
Type of previous interventions:
Irreversible intervention for structural strengthening

Description of previous interventions:
Structural strengthening using lime-cast, applied on the internal face of the walls.

Actual damage:
Vertical cracks throughout the mortar and the blocks.
Cracks due to steel ties oxidation.
Ageing and general deterioration due to lack of proper conservation.

Photos:
General view a and details b,c,d,e


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