1. Monument of Human Rights

The starting point is the Monument of Human Rights. Walk into Ledra street in Nicosia. At the end of the street, right before the crossing checkpoint, you will see the Monument of Human Rights.

The monument titled ‘’Resolution’’ or commonly known as the Monument of Human Rights,donated by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture to the city of Nicosia on the occasion of the European Cultural Month, is installed in front of the National Guard Border crossing post. Designed by the Cypriot sculptor Theodoulos Grigoriou, the monument commemorates the tragic destiny of the island’s inhabitants and states the hope and the commitment of the city of Nicosia and of its citizens to the respect of human rights as the only way for peace. On its cement basis a part of the Declaration of Human Rights is engraved in Greek letters, while branches made of steel, seem to destroy part of the declaration as they are displayed diagonally in the centre. The first article of the Declaration clearly states: "All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood."

Ledras Street is today the most popular commercial street in the city. It is named after the antique city-state of Ledra where modern Nicosia is today. Ledras Street connects the divided capital as in 2008 it was declared open by the local officials and became the 6th crossing between the southern and the northern part of the island. The street was divided in 1964 during the violent acts between the Greek and Turkish communities and the part south of the blockade was pedestrianized in 1998. In 2009 the Elephant of Peace art movement took place on both sides of Ledras Street, uniting all those who wanted to live together in peace and transforming the crossing point into a place of festivities, street exhibitions, and open dialogue.

Rizokarpaso, a city in the northern east part of the island. During the Turkish invasion in 1974, the Greek Cypriot inhabitants of Rizokarpaso could not flee to the south part of Cyprus. Today the city is the home of the biggest Greek population in the North, even though it is estimated that around 2500 Greeks left it. Dimitris Kotsiekkas was born and raised there. He left his hometown at the age of 18 and moved to the Greek Cypriot side to study law. In 2019 he published his book Where are you from?, where he narrates his life in Rizokarpaso. He clearly affirms that the Greek Cypriots considered the Turkish Cypriots equals, stating that they had nothing against them. He remembers a Turkish Cypriot doctor, called Sonay who took care of the elderly inhabitants as she said that her grandmother spoke Greek. When she first came to Rizokarpaso, she met people at the age of her grandmother so it was impossible to hate them, to hate people who never harmed anyone.