Editing Morphou (section)

==Church==
[[File:Guzelyurt church 01.jpg|thumb|The St Mamas Church]]

It contains one of the many [[church (building)|churches]] in the country dedicated to St. [[Mammes of Caesarea|Mamas]], popularly believed to have lived as a hermit in a cave near Morphou. According to local legend, he was a [[hermit]] living in very poor circumstances and when the authorities tried to [[tax]] him, he evaded them. Soldiers were sent out and captured him but on the way back to town, he saw a [[lion]] attacking a lamb, escaped the soldiers, saved the lamb, jumped on the lion's back and in that way came to town. His bravery earned him exemption from tax, hence his traditional attribute.<ref name="nostos">{{cite web|url=http://www.nostos.com/church/Mamas.htm|publisher=nostos.com|title=''Saint Mamas''|access-date=2010-12-29}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://northerncyprus.cc/default.asp?iID=LIDFJ|title=''St. Mamas Monastery''|publisher=Northern Cyprus.cc|access-date=2010-12-29|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706215640/http://northerncyprus.cc/default.asp?iID=LIDFJ|archive-date=2011-07-06}}</ref>

The church is now an [[icon]] museum.