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Main Entrance to Green Line at Paphos Gate, Nicosia

Peter Roman Spuzak
RCRM2019.001.0018
1970; watercolour and graphite

Traditionally, Paphos Gate was one of the three entrances through the Venetian built walls of the city, in the direction of Paphos (hence the name). When the UN mission began, it became the entrance to the Green Line, which crossed Nicosia.


Members of The RCR patrolling in front of Paphos Gate in 1975, Nicosia; photograph in the RCRM Archives Collection.