I like Roccas bastion as well. You could get a good look at the Holy Cross
Church there, but the presence Turkish soldiers was blocking my chance for a
photo.
Here is a close up of Roccas Bastion, Paphos Gate and the Holy Cross Church:
http://www.nicolette.dk/diverse/roccas.jpg
From the map the buffer zone it does look like another cykkun* tripoint
just at Paphos Gate and that the buffer zone is running entirely on CY side.
The Holy Cross church IS entirely inside the buffer zone but the rear end
touches KK side. From Roccas it looked like there were a building anexted at
the back. It was impossible to walk along the road at the back of the
church, it was behind Turkish lines.
Jesper
I have chosen kk as ISO code for Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (Kuzey
Kibris Türk Cumhuriyeti) as everything else was already taken.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Meynell" <knm@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 10:47 PM
Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] New Cyprus tripoints uncovered
> Jesper,
>
> >On the lovely detailed Nicosia map there are several such tripoints, and
> >it's very surprising to find a greek-turkish boundary outside the buffer
zone.
>
> It's not completely clear from the map, but I would think the most obvious
> tripoint is at the Roccas bastion where the Turkish and Greek sectors are
> only separated by the height of the city walls, and abut against the UN
> zone at the Paphos Gate. There is a park on the Roccas bastion (located in
> the Turkish sector) which overlooks the road in the Greek sector that
leads
> to the Ledra Palace crossing.
>
> >or at least the rear wall was "smack up" to the Turkish sector. Actually
> >on my North Nicosia tourist map the church is on their side of the line.
>
> My impression was that the church was actually located in the UN buffer
> zone, albeit accessible from the Greek side. However, it's difficult to
> tell for certain, because even with a reasonably accurate map such as the
> one you provided, the thickness of the green line can be difference
between
> one building or another.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kevin Meynell
>
>
>
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