
SIMONE PADOVANI
Photographer, Community Psychologist and Activist

Varosha, Cyprus
The ghost district
Varosha, between the 1960s and 1970s, was the tourist place par excellence in Cyprus and attracted many tourists. Many multi-storey luxury hotels were built by the sea.
In August 1974, the island of Cyprus was invaded by the Turkish army, which advanced to the so-called Attila Line, which still marks the border between the Turkish and Greek Cypriot communities. A few hours before the town of Famagusta was attacked by the Turkish army, fearing a massacre, the inhabitants and tourists of Varosha fled. Many took refuge to the south, in the direction of Paralimni, Dherynia and Larnaca. The Turkish army enclosed Varosia in a barbed fence to prohibit access and to this day this district is abandoned.
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