There Is a Ghost Town in Cyprus That's Been Held Hostage for 40 Years
By Nick Barnets Aug 13 2014
If you've heard of a place called Varosha lately, you're unlikely to think of what it once was—a sunny millionaire's playground on the sea—because today it's one of the world's biggest ghost towns. Its crumbling houses and buildings are slowly being reclaimed by nature, a reminder that an unresolved conflict isn't over just because people aren't killing one another there anymore. But it may hold the key to reunifying the divided country of Cyprus.
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