Yigitler Park (Roccas Bastion)
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Yigitler Park |
Yigitler Park is built on the Roccas Bastion, which is in the
Arabahmet area in the southwest part of the walled city. Like
all of the walls eleven bastions, it was named after one of the Venetian
families that contributed to the original construction. The
bastion is used as a park for the benefit of the people of Arabahmet and
for visitors to the area. A car park with a capacity for 36 cars and 3
minibuses has been built on the north side, and the nearby environment
has been upgraded. The border between north and south comes
up to the city walls at this point, and there is no "no man's land"
here. After 1974, it was not unusual to find Turkish Cypriots at the top
of the wall and Greek Cypriots at the base, trading messages and insults
between one another! However this need has now been met by the opening
of the various crossing points, and the park now serves as exactly that. Back to Nicosia Index. |