Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, May 2011. The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban "interface areas" in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the barriers is to minimize inter-communal violence between Catholics (who mainly self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (who mainly self-identify as British), and between...
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Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, May 2011. The peace lines or peace walls are a series of separation barriers in Northern Ireland that separate Catholic and Protestant neighbourhoods. They have been built at urban "interface areas" in Belfast, Derry, Portadown and elsewhere. The stated purpose of the barriers is to minimize inter-communal violence between Catholics (who mainly self-identify as Irish) and Protestants (who mainly self-identify as British), and between nationalists and unionists. For decades travellers stayed away from the sectarian violence, but since the end of'The Troubles' more and more people start discoving the beauty of Belfast and the Antrim Coast Causeway. Photo by Frits Meyst/Adventure4ever.com
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