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Atatürk Square

Cyprus

Sarayönü, officially Atatürk Square (Atatürk Meydanı), is a square in North Nicosia. It is the centre of the Turkish part of the city and was the administrative center of the island for centuries. The Turkish Cypriot central Law Courts, the Nicosia Post Office, as well as a police station and a number of banks in the square. The thoroughfare of Girne Avenue ends in the square. The Ottoman governor's mansion, originally a Lusignan, and later Venetian palace, also stood in the south west of the square, before it was destroyed by the British in early 20th century.

Square data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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