Covered markets

1.Tirana 2.City of Mexico 3.Athens

3. Damascus 4.Istanbul 5.Aleppo

2 Αγορές και το όριο - 2 markets and the boundary

In 1964 the Green line separated the city in two sectors. The historical market of Nicosia (shown in the aerial photo as a complex of roofs) remained in the North sector. The need for a similar market in the South led to an architectural competition. Stauros Economou, designed in 1965 the new modern building for a second market (shown as a square building lower part of the photo) of a separated city.