Nicosia the last divided capital in the world its found on the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea. The southern part is in the republic of Cyprus, the Greek speaking part (mostly). The northern part is in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus only recognized by Turkey, its the Turkish speaking part. The is there an demilitarized zone runs between the north and south which divided Nicosia, to keep the two sides apart. The buffer zone is under control by the United Nations since 1974, everything in its abandoned and nature is taken it back. That's why the buffer zone also called the Green Line and an general of the peace forces draw the buffer zone on an map with an green pencil. The buildings within the Green Line have some apocalyptic feel and the airport of Nicosia is also in that area, an state of the art building of that era totally abandoned and there is an plane left to decay. Nicosia have an cosmopolitan feel and two-third of the Cypriot population live in Nicosia, around 240 thousand and that is only the southern part. So lets take an look at the flag.
The flag has an white background and the seal or emblem of Nicosia is in the center. Many nations controlled Cyprus namely: Ancient Greek, Assyria, Romans, Byzantines, Knights Templar, Mamluk Sultanate, Venice, Ottomans, United Kingdom and with independence they messed it up among them self. But the Venice fortified around 1560's Nicosia to protect it against the Ottomans, but they failed. The city walls are largely intact and there are 11 bastions, only 8 of them appear on the flag. Make not sense that each side has 5 bastions and the United Nations control 1 in the buffer zone. Maybe 11 bastions make the design to busy. The bird in the center is an dove, the symbol of peace. The whole design is about peace within in Nicosia and the color white stands for peace to. I didn't find an clearly explanation yet, the flag looks logical to me.
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