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cknot1sk: strolling the medieval venetian walls to podocataro bastion
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cknot1sk: liberty monument
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cknot1sk: overlooking nicosia from the shacolas tower museum and observatory
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cknot1sk: the self-declared turkish republic of northern cyprus
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cknot1sk: panagia faneromeni church
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cknot1sk: so many flags
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cknot1sk: an interesting street yarn design
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cknot1sk: strolling through the streets of nicosia
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cknot1sk: eleftheria or liberty square
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cknot1sk: heading toward famagusta gate
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cknot1sk: a map showing the medieval walls of nicosia
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cknot1sk: walked by a shrine
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cknot1sk: walking the green line or the un buffer zone
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cknot1sk: many of buildings in the green zone remain vacant
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cknot1sk: the demilitarized zone was established in its current form in 1974
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cknot1sk: the divide was a temporary solution to intercommunal violence
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cknot1sk: the border means little to this cat
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cknot1sk: a complicated history
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cknot1sk: un troops monitor the buffer zone
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cknot1sk: enosis = union
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cknot1sk: the flags of greece and cyprus
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cknot1sk: the green zone is only a few feet wide in some areas
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cknot1sk: nicosia: the only remaining divided capital
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cknot1sk: passing through the ledra street border crossing
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cknot1sk: the greek cypriot checkpoint in the background
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cknot1sk: political art in the buffer zone
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cknot1sk: crossed over into the turkish republic of northern cyprus
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cknot1sk: welcome to büyük han
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cknot1sk: a grand caravanserai built by the ottomans
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cknot1sk: today it houses shops and restaurants like this felt art studio