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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…
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Nicosia Barrier
The wall from the northern side in the western part of Nicosia within the ancient city walls (map coordinates are inaccurate here)…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Turish Cypriot- Kyrenia 1960
This man, probably a Turkish Cypriot posed for me beside our house in 1960. Down this street, about 100 yards, was the Turkish Qu…
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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…
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To the Other Side - 1960
The main road from Kyrenia south to Nicosia as through the pass in the Pentadacytos Mountain range. This field, in front of our ho…
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Which Flag is It?
Three flags fly in front of the Archbishop's Palace in Nicosia - from lef to right, the flag of the Republic of Cyprus, a flag rep…
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Easter Banners
Again, banners representing the flags of Cyprus, Greece, and the Church, here at the entrance to a small church in the Nicosia sub…
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Kites not Warplanes
Sentiments against conflict can be seen on both sides of the buffer zone, some times, in the form of imaginative graffiti. This,…
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The English School - Nicosia
With an adult literacy rate (2015) of just over 99 percent, education is an important part of Cypriot life. The English School wa…
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The Balloon Lady
Who are the Cypriots? The people of Cyprus ultimately have come from all over the Eastern Mediterranean as well as Europe and to…
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Easter
Easter is a significant holiday in the Greek Orthodox tradition, and associated celebrations include both church attendance, somet…
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The Cat
In Cyprus, both North and South, as well as throughout the Mediterranean, cats are ubiquitous. Archaeologists have reported findin…
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Hala Sultan Tekke
The Mosque of Umm Haram (Turkish: Hala Sultan Tekkesi) is a Muslim shrine in southern Cyprus, in the Greek zone, near the town of…
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Tavern in Kakopetria, Troodos Mountains
The Greek flag is more evident in this tavern in the mountains south of Nicosia, in an areas near where the EOKA resistance fighte…
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The Donkey at Work
Taken in 1988 near the Village of Lefkara in the south, this was a typical scene throughout Cyprus 50 years ago.