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CY enclaves within the ESBA
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Three or four CY enclaves sit inside
the ESBA. Since the southern Dhekelia Power Station has no territory of its
own, it is doubtful if it is technically an enclave. The boundaries at the
two Dhekelia Power Station enclaves and the Xylotymvou enclave are clearly
marked, while the boundary around the Ormideia appears to be unmarked. New
roads constructed at Ormideia could have tampered with the markers. |
| Dhekelia Power Station (Jesper Nielsen) |
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| Enclave photo gallery |
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| Ledra Street |
| CY maintains a lookout post on this
fashionable shopping street, where locals and mainly tourists can have a
look into the buffer zone as it was left in 1974. 100 meters away the TRNC
and Turkish flags are waiving together, as they are mostly in TRNC.
Spectators sense the military unrest as a CY soldier on the lookout post
guards his side with a rifle and looking over is at your own risk. Visiting
the TRNC side of Ledra Street (now S. Bahceli street) all you find is a
shopping street with cafés just like on the southern side. |
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Cyprus president visiting Ledra Street
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Ledra Street photo
gallery |
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Holy Cross
Church
This functioning
catholic church has the unfortunate misfortune to be located inside the UN
buffer zone with the rear end right up to the TRNC sector. Finding the
church from the TRNC side it is hard to see what is going on, as a wall
blocks the area and the view. It is possible to get a reasonable view from
the rear end of the Roccas Bastion, where TRNC keeps a military checkpoint.
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| Entrance to the Holy Cross Church inside the buffer zone
(Jesper Nielsen) |
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| Holy Cross Church photo
gallery |
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Roccas
Bastion
From the TRNC
city walls you can have a clear look into the UN buffer zone and across the
street into CY.
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Roccas Bastion taken from TRNC, the fence
is the actual border. You can look down unto the accesible UN
bufferzone. The CY area begins on the other side of the street and
roundabout (Jesper Nielsen) |
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Roccas Bastion
photo gallery |
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The ESBA corridor
A
UK corridor connects the main area of the Dhekelia Sovereign Base area with
the minor north eastern part of the ESBA.
Boundary markers are visible 50-10
meters away from each side of the road. On the CY side is peaceful
farmland, while on the TRNC side barbwire, watchtowers (including UN) and
ghost towns dominate the scenery. |
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Halfway a roundabout leads to nowhere.
Signs towards TRNC warns that this is the end of the Sovereign Base Area. |
| Sign on the UK corridor
(Nicolette Nielsen) |
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Corridor Road photo gallery |
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Sign leading to the TRNC controlled millitary
enclave of Kokkina (Jesper Nielsen) |
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Kokkina gallery |
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