Belfast peace walls - in pictures

The biggest peace wall in Belfast runs along Cupar Way. It divides the east Belfast loyalist area of Shankill Road from the Catholic Springfield/Falls Roads area of west Belfast Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer

A five-metre high wall and fence runs from the junction of Springfield Road and Springmartin Road to near Upper Ballygomartin Road, west Belfast. It can be seen for miles Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer

Another view of the Cupar Way wall Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer

Graffiti on the Cupar Way wall Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer

The peace wall with a fence above runs the length of Bryson Street from the junction of Lower Newtownards Road to Madrid Street, in east Belfast's Short Strand. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer

The small loyalist enclave of Cluan Place sits within the Catholic Short Strand Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer

A steel fence, with a pedestrian access gate, closes off Navarra Place from Serpentine Road in north Belfast. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer

Duncairn Gardens in the New Lodge area of north Belfast has been a flashpoint for violence in the past Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer

Gardens and children's play spaces beside the wall that runs towards Newtownabbey Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer

The Whitewell Road contains an interface area between the republican Whitewell and loyalist White City areas. Whitewell also borders on the loyalist Rathcoole estate. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer

The biggest Peace Wall in Belfast is the wall that runs along Cupar Way. It divides the East Belfast Loyalist area of Shankill Road from the Springfield/Fall Roads Catholic Area of West Belfast Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer

Steel makes the shape of a crucifix along Cupar Way, where the loyalist Shankill Road area is separated from the nationalist Springfield/Falls Roads Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer

The peace wall in Alexandra Park, Belfast. It is believed to be the only park in western Europe with a wall running through the middle of it Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer

The wall across Alexandra Park Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer

A council employee closes the gate that since September 2011 has allowed residents to cross between the Catholic and Protestant sides of Alexandra Park between 9am and 3pm Photograph: Antonio Olmos/Observer