Situated in the seaside district of Famagusta, it was among the last parts of the Mediterranean island's north to be occupied by Turkey during its 1974 invasion triggered by a Greek-sponsored coup.
Fearing the advancing Turkish forces, the roughly 45,000 Greek Cypriot residents of Varosha -- where Hollywood star Sophia Loren once owned a home too -- fled, and the area was never resettled.
Instead, frozen in time, the neighbourhood was fenced off for use as a bargaining chip in eventual peace talks... Читать дальше...