Nicosia is the capital of Cyprus, an island divided between the Republic of Cyprus and the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The city is split by the Green Line, a buffer zone monitored by the United Nations. Nicosia is the only divided capital in the world.
Belfast is the capital of Northern Ireland, a part of the United Kingdom that has experienced decades of sectarian violence between the unionist and nationalist communities. The city is divided by the Peace Line, a series of walls and fences that separate the two sides. The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 brought an end to the Troubles and paved the way for power-sharing and reconciliation.
Sarajevo is the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, a country that emerged from the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Bosnian War of 1992-1995. The city was besieged by the Serbian forces for almost four years, resulting in thousands of deaths and destruction. The Dayton Agreement of 1995 ended the war and divided the country into two entities, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska, with Sarajevo as the shared capital.
Prague is the capital of the Czech Republic, a country that was formed in 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The city was the capital of both the Czech and the Slovak regions under the federal system of Czechoslovakia, and witnessed the Velvet Revolution of 1989 that brought an end to the communist regime and the Velvet Divorce of 1993 that split the country into two sovereign states.
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia, a country that was formed in 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The city was the capital of the Slovak region under the federal system of Czechoslovakia, and witnessed the Velvet Revolution of 1989 that brought an end to the communist regime and the Velvet Divorce of 1993 that split the country into two sovereign states.