Cyprus - "The Other Side" - 1956 - 2017 - Jan Sassaman Photography

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Cyprus - "The Other Side" - 1956 - 2017

Photos of both sides, north and south, of the Green Line in Cyprus Mostly taken April 2017

Ermou Street 2017

Ermou Street within the ancient walls of eastern Nicosia. In the mid-1900s, this was a thriving shopping area. Now, this stretch o…
CYPRUS - Current Map

The gray-shaded area running west to east is the UN Buffer Zone between the Turkish North and the Greek South. (The World Factbook…
Nicosia Barrier

The wall from the northern side in the western part of Nicosia within the ancient city walls (map coordinates are inaccurate here)…
Buffer Zone

The highway passage from south to north, just west of Nicosia, passes through a fenced off UN-controlled buffer zone. The Pentadak…
Kyrenia Town Office

Kyrenia is an ancient port town located on the north coast. The town was reportedly founded before 1,000 BCE by Greeks from the Pe…
Abandoned House in Nicosia

A house near the Green Line in Nicosia - abandoned and likely destroyed during the inter-communal conflicts of the 1960's or 197…
My House from 1956-1960

Most houses and businesses that were abandoned in 1974 following the division of the island were subsequently reoccupied by refuge…
The Flag on The Mountain

The sight-line looking to the north from Nicosia and central Cyprus is dominated by the Pentadaktylos Mountains, on the other side…
Panagia Chrysopolitis Church, Kyrenia - 2012

The ruins of Panagia Chrysopolitissa. Built probably during the French rule of Cyprus(14th and 15th Centuries) with an addition po…
Panagia Chrysopolitissa Church

Interior of Panagia Chrysopolitissa - 2017. Note the remaining wooden beams the iconostasis, altar, and font in the left-hand si…
Panagia Chrysopolitissa Church

Detail of the ont of the left-hand side of the church.
Panagia Chrysopolitissa Church

Detail of the carving on the beam of the iconostasis.
Kyrenia Castle and Harbor - 2017

A key feature of the northern port town of Kyrenia is its distinctive medieval harbor and castle. There is a stand-alone Byzantin…
Kyrenia Harbor - 1960

When I left Cyprus in 1960, Kyrenia harbor was still a sleepy working port - small fishing boats, Andreas Kariolou's scuba and div…
Kyrenia Harbor 1988

By 1988, Kyrenia Harbor had changed - larger boats had appeared, but the fishing boats were still there. A couple of restaurants d…
Kyrenia Harbor - 2012

By 2012, the harbor is beginning to really fill up with pleasure boats, some fairly large. There are fewer working fishing boats,…
Kyrenia Harbor 2017

By 2017, five years on, the harbor is clogged with pleasure boats, The road around the harbor is now ringed by restaurants and bar…
Kyrenia circa 1878

This etching of Kyrenia and its harbor, taken from the internet, shows it as the sleepy harbor that it once was. I find it sad tha…
Kyrenia - 1960

In 1960, grazing sheep in the open plots of land were a common sight in Kyrenia, as in this field adjacent to our house. The tre…
St Evlalios Church Lambousa

St Evlalios was the first Bishop of Lambousa. Lambousa reportedly was settled in the 13th Century BCE by settlers from Greece. O…
St Evlalios Church Interior

St Evlalios was originally constructed in the 6th Century, with additional work done for several centuries. The present structure…