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Collapsed Roccas Bastion

Collapsed Roccas Bastion
Photograph: Sten Boye Poulsen, 1964–65. pht_SBP_0010. "Collapsed Roccas Bastion". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

English, as on the record

A United Nations soldier inspecting the collapsed part of the Roccas Bastion near the Ledra Palace Hotel. Turkish TMT militia had dug a tunnel and created battle positions to cover with gunfire the Ledra Palace area and Paphos Gate in case of conflict. When it rained, the wall collapsed. Behind it, the spire of the Holy Cross Catholic church.

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Ledra Palace

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