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The Tomb of Makedonitissa
The Tomb of Makedonitissa (Greek: Τύμβος της Μακεδονίτισσας), is a military cemetery and war memorial, west of Nicosia, at Engomi in the area of Makedonitissa (35°09′15″N 33°18′29″E). This was the place where one Greek Nord Noratlas was shot down by friendly fire on 22 July 1974, during the Operation "Niki" (Greek: Επιχείρηση "ΝΙΚΗ"). "Niki" was a military operation of the Greek Army to send some elements of the Greek special forces by air to help the Cypriot National Guard. In this tomb are buried Greek Cypriot and some Greek officers and soldiers who died during the Turkish invasion of Cyprus at 1974.
The Tomb of Makedonitissa, Photo: Alexandros Daskalakis
The Tomb of Makedonitissa, Photo: Alexandros Daskalakis
The Tomb of Makedonitissa with the provocative flag of the Turkish-cypriot pseudostate, Photo: Alexandros Daskalakis
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