The focus of this book is contemporary Cyprus, a visual exploration of the island's main cities both in the Turkish-speaking north and Greek-speaking south, namely capital Nicosia, Limassol, Larnaca, Paphos, Famagusta and Kyrenia as well as outstanding monuments, castles, monasteries and churches in their vicinity. In the prologue a brief history is given and why the island is still politically divided and physicallly separated into Turkish and Greek-speaking territories, explained