Abandoned for 40 years - Varosha, Cyprus

"Jagvar" (Jagvar) 01/09/2014 at 13:25 • Filed to: None

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Varosha is a quarter in the Cypriot city of Famagusta. Prior to the Turkish invasion of Cyprus in 1974, it was a thriving tourist destination. Its inhabitants fled during the melee, and it has remained abandoned ever since.

Fenced off and closed to the public, it has slowly decayed for the past 40 years with minimal impact from vandalism. Dishes ares still set on tables, linens on beds, cars are parked in the streets, and airplanes still sit on the tarmac. It's surreal. I just wish someone would rescue the cars.

daender > Jagvar 01/09/2014 at 13:27

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Oppo Euro/Middle East roadtrip?

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Jagvar 01/09/2014 at 13:28

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40 years of abandon and it still sits like it owns the fucking place. A true triumph of British engineering.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jagvar 01/09/2014 at 13:29

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Very odd plate here. Sidi Rezegh was a location in North Africa of no significance other than being the location of an airfield, and in consequence of that was the site of a major battle during Operation Crusader. What in the flying fuck is it doing as a pseudo license plate in Cypress - vacationing English war vet abandoned it?

Jagvar > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/09/2014 at 13:32

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It's in the service bay of the abandoned Famagusta Toyota dealership, as I understand it.

offroadkarter > Jagvar 01/09/2014 at 13:36

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Its literally frozen in time

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Jagvar 01/09/2014 at 13:46

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Seeing abandoned places like this makes me wonder how much it'd cost to buy up land in these places.

I'd expect it'd be cheap, really photogenic (for Magnus Walker-style venue provision) and just fun to hoon around in. I could take a really big building that's still structurally sound as a storage area, build a little pad and pretend I'm living after the apocalypse.

Also, I wonder who's the legal owner of those cars. I'd bet you could find something cool that's been locked in a dry garage for years.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jagvar 01/09/2014 at 13:50

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If it was a fresh new car, I'd have thought maybe it was a destination plate - Sidi Rezegh may have still been operational at that time, and Cypress would be a way-point there. Sidi Rezegh doesn't necessarily mean just the one location, but because the name refers to, essentially, a local saint-like figure, the odds of it having to do with anywhere but NA (and presumably the NA campaigns) are likely remote.

I first read about Sidi Rezegh in a book by a tank veteran , who spent some time in Cypress himself - odd coincidence, that.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jagvar 01/09/2014 at 13:52

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I know they're common enough, but still YOU LET THE MORRIS MINORS RUST YOU BASTARDS

A TRAVELER AND PICKUP EVEN

Alex87f > Jagvar 01/17/2014 at 06:46

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Someone abandoned what must have been a brand new CX. The car was introduced in 1974..

Jagvar > Alex87f 01/17/2014 at 09:32

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I wouldn't be surprised. It was a very wealthy area in its day. Liz Taylor used to vacation there.

Tohru > Jagvar 09/03/2015 at 07:27

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My roommate needs that car. How much is shipping?

twochevrons > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 09/03/2015 at 07:29

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Heh, that’s a dream of mine, too.

From what I’ve read, the area is still occupied by the Turkish military as a buffer zone between North and South Cyprus, but I presume that in a legal sense, everything is still owned by those forced out by the invasion. They reputedly shoot intruders on sight, so I’m not sure how the photos were taken, but it’d be an incredible area to explore. So the stories went, there were lights left on in houses, and even televisions left switched on, for years and years afterward.