Inside the ghost city of Maras: Buildings 嘘（をつく） abandoned in streets that used to be Cyprus 観光旅行，事業 hotspot beloved by celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton

みごたえのある images have 現れるd of a derelict Cypriot city which used to be a tourist hotspot and saw celebrities Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Brigitte Bardot wandering its golden beaches.?The Mediterranean 訴える手段／行楽地, a southern 郊外 of Famagusta, has been 盗品故買者d off and abandoned since Turkey 侵略するd northern Cyprus after a Greek-奮起させるd クーデター in 1974. In the 早期に 70s, Greek Cypriot クーデター 誘発するd a Turkish 侵略 of the island and has remained eerily silent ever since.

The 軍隊 drove out 39,000 inhabitants of the city on July 20, 1974, before the Turkish 軍隊s controlled the area, and has remained derelict since the Turkish 政府 盗品故買者d it off. Pictured here, windows are 粉砕するd through at an abandoned Toyota garage in the city of の近くにd Maras, known as Varosha in Greek, in Cyprus.

The Mediterranean 訴える手段／行楽地, which lies 近づく Famagusta, has been abandoned since 1974 まっただ中に 高くする，増すd 緊張 with Turkey over 解決／入植地 in the area.

居住（者）s have never returned to their homes and very few have been 許すd to enter the 盗品故買者d-off community. The city 似ているs a 地位，任命する-apocalyptic mood as empty and 天候d buildings tower above the scorched ground.

A postcard (circa 1970s) 肩書を与えるd 'Famagusta Beach' 逮捕（する）s the sprawling coastline of the Cypriot city in its former glory.

Turkish 兵士s stand at attention in の近くにd Maras. 入ること／参加（者） is forbidden?with the exc eption of the Turkish army 職員／兵員.

Windows and balconies are seen 崩壊するing on a 始める，決める of high-rise flats in Maras. They 嘘（をつく） behind the empty Hotel Grecian, one of the?many 井戸／弁護士席 known high rise hotels in the area 含むing the King George Hotel and The Asterias Hotel.

The streets 嘘（をつく） eerily silent compared to the city's hey-day in the 1970s which saw?celebrities Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton wandering its golden beaches.

An abandoned 石油 駅／配置する, which has seen its paint chipped and windows 粉砕するd through, is surrounded by overgrown 工場／植物s.

The city, which has become almost 罠にかける in time, is one of the world's most famous ghost towns, attracting photographers from around the world.

The 独特の lettering of Lombard Banking remains plastered across a former bank's exterior in the derelict city, known as Varosha in Greek.

Taylor and Burton (pictured on The Sandpiper 始める，決める in 1965) were two 星／主役にするs who visited the Cypriot city in the 70s. In its hey-day, the 全住民 grew to nearly 40,000.

Pictured: A 砂漠d cafe, which features a Coca Cola si gn 総計費 at the 入り口, and car mechanic 嘘（をつく） next to a former Jaguar car garage.

Former UN 長官 General Kofi Annan tried to 許す the city's 初めの inhabitants to return to the city but this was 拒絶するd by the Greek Cypriots in a 国民投票 in 2004. Turkish and northern Cypriot 公式の／役人s met in an abandoned town 難破させるd by war to discuss 潜在的に re-開始 the area after 46 years, on February 15.

Buildings are surrounded by overgrown vegetation.?Speaking in Varosha on February 15, Turkish 副大統領 Fuat Oktay said: 'Keeping this coast of 楽園 under the 主権，独立 of the Turkish 共和国 of Northern Cyprus idle is not 許容できる 合法的に, 政治上 or economically'

Tourists pile on to a beach at the tourist 目的地 in its heyday.

A 最近の photo shows a hotel looking worn and faded with broken balconies. Their safety 障壁s are seen 急落するing に向かって the ground.

The island of Cyprus was divided in 1974. The island's Greek Cypriots live predominantly in the south, and Turkish Cypriots in the north since the 1974 war. Several 調停（の） 成果／努力s have failed and the 発見 of 沖合いの／海外の 資源s has 複雑にするd the 交渉s.