Bedesten (St Nicholas Church)

Bedesten in North Nicosia used to be a church dedicated to St Nicholas. Later is was converted to a Bedesten, a kind of market place.

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North Cyprus 2006

April 13th 2006
A divided city, a Greek city, another Greek city and a ghost town We travelled also before we joined TravelBlog. We have started to digitalise photos from those pre-TravelBlog trips and we are planning to write about some of them. Now the turn has come to a trip Ake made to North Cyprus in 2006. North Cyprus was invaded by Turkey in 1974 and has since then been occupied by ... read more

Middle East » Cyprus » Famagusta

A former British colony, Cyprus received independence in 1960 following years of resistance to British rule. Tensions between the Greek Cypriot majority and Turkish Cypriot minority came to a head in December 1963, when violence broke out in the capi... ... read more

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