Historical Nicosia interactive website launched

‘Nicosia: The story of a shared and contested city’ is a public history project aiming to provide the public and researchers with a historical overview of the city of Nicosia from 1878 to 1974. The project comprises seven interactive maps. The first map was created by Horatio Herbert Kitchener, and was the product of the first survey of Cyprus, conducted by him. The remaining maps come from the Land Survey Department of the Republic of Cyprus. The maps are enriched with demographic data, which are visually represented on each map and each respective municipal quarter.

On Friday, 15 January 2016 the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research (AHDR) presented to the public a new interactive website containing the findings of a three-year-long research project, undertaken by the AHDR with funding from Norway Grants 2009-2014, in partnership with the Council of Europe, in the context of the project “Home for Cooperation”.

This unique and innovative website aims at gathering together  information on the most significant landmarks of Nicosia, as well as a collection of short personal stories and public scandals that took place in our common capital during the period 1878-1974.

The launch of the website took place at a public event at the Home for Cooperation (H4C) in Nicosia where representatives of the main communities of Cyprus were invited to share thoughts and hopes on how this project could contribute to aknowledging and preserving our respective, yet common heritage.

The website is currently available on www.nicosiaproject.eu in English, with the Greek and Turkish versions due to be released soon.

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For more information please contact the AHDR at: +90 548 834 5740 or email: ahdr@ahdr.info, or visit the AHDR website at www.ahdr.info