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Memorial to the Limassol Balkan Wars dead Cypriots

Artist: Georgios Dimitriadis

Location: Agia Napa church, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Pentelic marble

Category: War Volunteers, Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Iliana Zinonos

The monument is dedicated to the volunteers during the Balkan wars. The initiative for the memorial was taken by Michail Michailidis, Mayor of Limassol during the years 1913-14, the Limassol Municipality, and the Agia Napa church. The unveiling took place on June 14^th 1915.

Dimitriadis sculpted in marble the, usually, bronze pot in which is burning the heroic sacrificial flame at the altar. Around the pot is wrapped another familiar symbol, the honorary laurel garland.

Selected Sources:

~ Papapolyviou Petros, Η Κύπρος και οι Βαλκανικοί Πόλεμοι. Συμβολή στην Ιστορία του Κυπριακού Εθελοντισμού (Cyprus and the Balkan Wars. Contribution to the History of Cypriot Volunteers). Nicosia: Center of Scientific Research, Sources and Studies of Cypriot History XXVI, 1997.

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General Evaggelos Florakis (Ευάγγελος Φλωράκης) statue

Artist: Nikolaos Kotziamanis

Location: General Headquarters of the National Guard, Lemesou Avenue, Aglandjia. Nicosia district

Category: National Guard

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the statue was taken in 2003 by the Pan-Cypriot Association of Reservist Commandos, and the Greek Cypriot Association of Reservist Commandos in England. The unveiling took place on October 2^nd 2004 in front of the Military Police premises, at Archbishop Makarios III Avenue (Aglandjia) where the statue was initially placed. In 2011, following the abandonment of Military Police premises, the statue was transferred to General Headquarters of the National Guard.

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Together

Artist: Nikos Kyprianou

Location: Entrance of the International Conference Center, Aglandjia. Nicosia district.

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The artwork was placed at the entrance of the building in 2012. It was commissioned following a 1992 state law which requires all state entities should invest 1% of their annual budget in artworks which will be placed in their premises.

This artwork was commissioned for the Cypriot presidency of the EU in 2012. The artist uses the 27 wheels to symbolically represent the EU members which are interconnected in such a way that the rotation of one of them has a direct impact on the rest.

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The tree of knowledge

Artist: Lia Lapithi

Location: Agios Spyridionas high school, Kato Polemidia. Limassol district.

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The artwork was placed at the entrance of the high school on October 16, 2006. It was commissioned following a 1992 state law which requires all state entities should invest 1% of their annual budget in artworks which will be placed in their premises.

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Akaki (Ακάκι)

Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue

Michail Sava (Μιχαήλ Σάββα) statue

Michail Savva (Μιχαήλ Σάββα) statue

Artist: George Kyriacou

Location: Panayia Chrysseleousa church, Akaki village. Nicosia district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 2 meters

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The statue was commissioned by the Akaki union “Hellenicness” and the unveiling took place on November 5^th 1972.

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Thodoros Papayiannis General view of Limassol embankment

Limassol is the main port in Cyprus and its biggest city in terms of population. It has a long history in arts and has always had, comparatively, the most innovative and progressive society within the island. The reconstruction of the coast close to the medieval castle on Christodoulou Chatzipavlou Avenue, and its expansion through reclaiming land from the sea, triggered the thought of a contemporary artistic intervention in the public space.

The Limassol Municipality decided to embellish and upgrade the city according to international long-applied methods and create a public park that people could visit, stay and use during their leisure time. Three symposia were annually organised between 1999 and 2001 with an aim to bring modern art closer to the inhabitants of the city. As an end result a Sculpture Park was created. The originality of that initiative should be measured within Cypriot standards where any ‘art’ located in public space serves exclusively commemorative (mostly war commemorative) purposes.

Consequently aesthetics and artistic quality is only randomly considered. In an attempt to promote the city’s twining with other cities in Greece and abroad, the title of the symposia was “Twining Cities”. The participant artists were proposed by the twined to the Limassol cities, or their artistic foundations. A local selection committee was formed to select the Cypriot participants. In certain cases private sponsors ‘adopted’ some artworks. This was the case for the companies Alpha bank (Helene Black, “Framed views”), Aristos Philis Printers (Manolis Tzobanakis, “Sacrifice”), Ioannou and Paraskevaidis Ltd (Giorgos Houliaras, “Synthesis”), and Lanitis Group (Maria Kyprianou, “Birth”); the private committees “Limassol Committee of the Cyprus Association for Parents of many Children” (Kyriakos Rokos, “Mother of many children”), and individuals such as the Pambos Zenios family (Thodoros Papayiannis “Female Figure”).

In addition to the participants, Thodoros Papayiannis’ work, “Female figure”, presumably an allegory of Limassol, found its final position in the Sculpture Park. The 6 meters sculpture, made of brass, was donated to Limassol Municipality by the sculptor in 1991 as a symbolic gesture to honor the memory of Stefi Zeniou. In 1996 it was placed in the courtyard of the Municipal Gallery and eventually was located at the Sculpture Park.

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), May 23, 1997, p. 28.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), August 1999, p. 33.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), March 19, 2000, p. 55.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), July 16, 2000, p. 102.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), July 15, 2001, p. 58.
~ Α’ Συμπόσιο Γλυπτικής Δήμου Λεμεσού 1999 Αδελφές πόλεις (Limassol Municipality, Twined Cities), Limassol Municipality: 1999.
~ Εικαστικά Δρώμενα (Ikastika Dromena), The Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts, August 1999, no 23, p. 3.
~ Εικαστικά Δρώμενα (Ikastika Dromena), The Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts, September 1999, no 24, p. 1-11.
~ Εικαστικά Δρώμενα (Ikastika Dromena), The Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts, September 2000, no 36, p.1-2, 4, 9-15.

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Limassol Symposia:
1st Symposium
2nd Symposium
3rd Symposium

3rd Symposium, Polis Chrysochou

Kyriakos Rokos

Vasilis Vasili

3rd Symposium
September 20-30, 2011

Category: Modern sculpture, Symposia

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The symposium was organized by the Polis Chrysochou Municipality and was funded by the Municipality and the Ministry of Education. Two professional sculptors participated from Greece after submitting their proposal to the organizing committee. Additionally two locals, self-taught, were invited by the Municipality. All of them worked with a piece of at least 2 cubic meters local stone. All the works are titled as “Untitled”. The participant sculptors were: Vasilis Vasili and Kyriakos Rokos from Greece, Andreas Constantinou and Andreas Tamamounas from Cyprus.

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2nd Symposium, Polis Chrysochou

Aktham Abdul Hamid Andreas Moditis

Andreas Tamamounas

Arsenty Lysenkov

Petre Petrov

Pontus Ersbacken

Tanjia Roeder

2^nd Symposium

September 14-24, 2010

Category: Modern sculpture, Symposia

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
The symposium was organized by the Polis Chrysochou Municipality and The Friends of Fine Arts association, and was funded by the Municipality, the “Friends” and the Ministry of Education. Five professional sculptors participated after submitting their proposal to the organizing committee. Additionally two locals, self-taught, were invited by the Municipality. All of them worked with a piece of at least 2 cubic meters local stone. All the works are titled as “Untitled”. The participant sculptors were: Aktham Abdul Hamid from Syria, Arsenty Lysenkov from Russia, Petre Petrov from Bulgaria, Pontus Ersbacken from Sweden, Tanjia Roeder from Germany, Andreas Constantinou and Andreas Tamamounas from Cyprus.

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1st Symposium, Polis Chrysochou

Abeer Warda Andreas Tamamounas

Antoine Basbous Constantinos Moditis

Fanis Rachoutis Giorgos Rachoutis

Janine Kortz-Waintrop n
Janine Kortz-Waintrop

Liliya Pobornikova Xavier Gonzalez

1st Symposium
September 15-30, 2008

Category: Modern sculpture, Symposia

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The symposium was organized by the Polis Chrysochou Municipality and The Friends of Fine Arts, and was funded by the Municipality, the “Friends” and the Ministry of Education. Seven professional sculptors participated after submitting their proposal to the organizing committee. Additionally two locals, self-taught, were invited by the Municipality. All of them worked with a piece of at least 2 cubic meters local stone. All the works are titled as “Untitled”. The participant sculptors were: Abeer Warda from Syria, Antoine Basbous from Lebanon, Janine Kortz-Waintrop from Germany, Liliya Pobornikova from Bulgaria, Xavier Gonzalez from France, Constantinos Moditis and Andreas Tamamounas from Cyprus, Giorgos Rachoutis and Fanis Rachoutis from Greece.

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Olympic Hall Sculptures

Citius, Altius, Fortiusn Alliance Citius, Altius, Fortius

Blue Paralympics Boxer

Collective Dream Free as the Wind

Japanese Girl with ribbonn Japanese Girl With Ribbon

Olympic Spirit Stainless Dreams

Synchronized Swimming Without an end

Afanis Armonie

General view of Olympic Hall Sculptures

Olympic Hall Sculptures

Olympic premises, Amphipolis Avenue, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the artworks was taken in 2006 by the Cyprus Olympic Committee.

Today, twelve artworks made by eleven Cypriot or Cypriot based artists are placed on the ground floor of the Cyprus Olympic premises. All of them refer to the Olympic spirit. In addition to the Cyprus Olympic Committee, each artwork was sponsored by a private entity.

In front of the Olympic premises is placed Philippos Yiapanis’ Olympic Spirit. The unveiling took place on June 10^th 2010. This artwork is the only one commissioned entirely by the Cypriot Olympic Committee.

Title: Alliance

Artist: Theodoulos Gregoriou

Sponsor: Associations of ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59 fighters

Title: Synchronized Swimming

Artist: Klitsa Antoniou

Sponsor: Nikolas K. Shacolas

Title: Free as the Wind

Artist: Maria Papacharalambous

Sponsor: Aristo Developers

Title: Japanese Girl with Ribbon

Artist: Athina Antoniadou

Sponsor: Louis Group

Title: Blue Paralympics

Artist: Lia Lapithi Soukiouroglou

Sponsor: Amberia Global Ventures Ltd

Title: Stainless Dreams

Artist: Helene Black

Material: Stainless steel

Sponsor: Strovolos Cooperative Bank

Title: Citius, Altius, Fortius

Artist: Helene Black

Material: Stainless steel, laminated glass, solar beads, UV fluorescent light

Dimensions: 195 cm x 115 cm x 35cm

Sponsor: Stelios and Chrysi Aggelodimou family

Citius, Altius, Fortius was the ancient Olympic games’ motto for all the athletes. It means Quicker, Higher and Stronger, and underlines the value of personal achievements and completion.

Title: Afanis Armonie (Αφανής Αρμονίη)

Artist: Nikos Kouroussis

Sponsor: Laiki Group

The title “Hidden Harmony” (Αφανής Αρμονίη) makes part of Heraclitus’ sayings. Kouroussis artwork attempts to highlight the importance of that ancient Greek value in everyday life.

Title: Boxer

Artist: Giorgos Kypris

Sponsor: Laiki Group

Mohamed Ali was the inspiring model for Giorgos Kypris’ work who attempts to capture the athlete’s rhythm through the repetition of the form.

Title: Collective Dream

Artist: Melita Couta

Sponsor: Phanos N. Epiphaniou Ltd

Melita Kouta’s work comments the power of the social body to encourage the athletes’ efforts.

Title: Without an end

Artist: Achilleas Kentonis

Sponsor: Hellenic Petroleum Cyprus (EKO) Ltd

Kentonis comments the athletic arena as the meeting point of humans’ best intentions and efforts.

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Michalakis Karaolis (Μιχαλάκης Καραολής) bust

Artist: George Kyriacou

Location: The English School, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Dimensions: 2 meters x 38 cm x 38 cm

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken in 1993 by the English School. The bust was delivered in 1995 and the unveiling took place on May 10^th 1996.

Michalakis Karaolis and Andreas Dimitriou were the first EOKA fighters who died by hanging in May 1956 at Nicosia central prison.

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Kostas Loizou (Κώστας Λοΐζου) bust

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Associated Refugee unions’ premises, Hippocratous street, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Dimensions: 165 cm x 61 cm x 41 cm

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken by the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 Struggle (SIMAE), who coordinated the fundraising.

The note: “your body became a candle for freedom” (Λαμπάδα το κορμί σου για τη λευτεριά) on the back of the pedestal insinuates the way of his death.

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Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) bust

Artist: Memos Makris

Place: Kykkos 2^nd lyceum, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Dimensions: 156 cm x 46 cm x 31 cm

Category: Cypriot Church, ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59, Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The unveiling took place on January 19^th 1981.

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Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) bust

Artist: Nikos Dymiotis

Location: Panayia Chriseleousa Church, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Category: Cypriot Church, Public Figures, ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken in 1981 by the Panayia Chriseleousa church and Strovolos community. The unveiling took place on December 6^th 1982.

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Archbishop Kyprianos (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Κυπριανός) bust

Artist: Georgios Bonanos

Location: Panayia Chriseleousa Church, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Category: Cypriot Church, Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Archbishop Kyprianos was hanged on July 9^th 1821 in Nicosia with the accusation that Cypriots disobeyed the direct order of the Turkish Sultan to stay neutral from the Greek War of Independence.The event marked the beginning of a growing separation between the two cultural and religious communities of the island.

The initiative for the bust was taken by Strovolos community in 1928 on the occasion of 100 years of the Greek state independence. The community authorities coordinated the fundraising. The unveiling took place in 1929.

Selected sources:
~ Ελευθερία (Eleftheria), July 18, 1928, p. 2.
~ Φωνή της Κύπρου (Foni tis Kyprou), July 21, 1928, p. 3.

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Canon Frank Darvall Newham bust

Artist: Andreas Savvides

Location: The English School, Strovolos. Nicosia district.

Dimensions: 143 cm x 58 cm x 57 cm

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Canon Frank Darvall Newham was the founder and the headmaster of the English School in Nicosia. The bust was commissioned by the English School.

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Bishop Ioannis Phoradaris (Ιωάννης Φοραδάρης) and Ioannis Mavridis (Ιωάννης Μαυρίδης) busts

Artist: Andreas Savvides

Location: Maronite Diocese, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Material: Bronze

Dimensions: 143 cm x 72 cm x 72 cm

Category: Maronites, Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Bishop Phoradaris was the head of the Maronite community in Cyprus. Ioannis Phoradaris represented the Maronites in the Cypriot Parliament. The busts were commissioned by the Bishop Ioannis Phoradaris Foundation. The unveiling took place on April 21^st 2007.

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Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) and Georgios Grivas Digenis (Γεώργιος Γρίβας Διγενής) busts

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 Struggle (SIMAE) premises, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Material: Bronze

Category: Cypriot Church, ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59, Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial was commissioned in 2002 by the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 Struggle (SIMAE) and the unveiling took place on April 13^th 2005.

Selected sources:
~ Σημερινή (Simerini), February 17, 2009.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), February 17, 2009.
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.2008.9, Meeting Minutes April 10, 2008.
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.2009.10, document March 24, 2009; Meeting Minutes March 12, 2009.

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Memorial to the Kythrea dead

Artist: Christos Symeonidis Chrisimos

Location: Cultural Athletic union of Kythrea (PAOK) premises, Stavrou Avenue, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Category: Turkish Invasion

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial was commissioned by the cultural Athletic union of Kythrea (PAOK) and the unveiling took place on May 2^nd 2010. Kythrea community is located in the occupied area but continues to elect its authorities in the free part of the island, as all occupied municipalities and communities still do on a regular basis.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/3, document April 18, 2002.

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Memorial to the dead of October 1931 riots

Artist: Panayiotis Panayi Pasantas

Location: Grigoris Afxentiou St., Strovolos. Nicosia district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 2.50 meters

Category: Union (énosis)

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken by an ad hoc private committee. The unveiling took place on November 3^rd 2007.

According to the competition call: “the wining proposal should highlight the sacrificial and fighting spirit, and the passion for freedom. It should express the authentic ideals of October 1931 that led to the spontaneous rebellion of the enslaved Greek Cypriots longing for freedom and official union with Greece”.

Panayiotis Panayi Pasantas in his submitted description notes that his male statue, with the clenched fist and the haughty look, stares to the future with optimism, pride and patriotism calling all Greek Cypriots to line with him, while its height and the surrounding architectural construction impose their presence, underlining these concepts.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/4, July 14, 2002.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/6, document February 3, 2004.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/13, January 31, 2007.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/14, document June 19, 2007.

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Memorial to the dead of the “Pharos” union

Artist: Takis Ilia

Location: “Pharos” national union premises, Trooditissis and Athalassas streets, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Category: Inter-communal conflicts1963-64

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative was taken in 2001 by the “Pharos” national union who coordinated the fundraising. The unveiling took place on January 25^th 2003.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/2, document October 12, 2001.

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Saint Gregory of Narek (Άγιος Γρηγόριος Ναρεκήνσιος) bust

Artist: Levon Tokmadjian

Location: Nareg Armenian School, Armenia Avenue, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Material: Sandstone

Category: Armenians

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The unveiling took place on March 24^th 1991.

Selected sources:
~ Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra, “Armenian Monuments in Cyprus”, Artsakank, September 2010, p. 15.

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Zareh Aznavorian bust

Artist: Mgrdich Mazmanian

Location: Nareg Armenian School, Armenias Avenue, Strovolos. Niosia district

Material: Bronze

Category: Armenians

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The bust of the Armenian Bishop was donated to the Armenian community in Cyprus in 2004 by the Italian Armenian Aleco Bezigian. The unveiling took place on May 1^st 2005.

Selected sources:
~ Alexander-Michael Hadjilyra, “Armenian Monuments in Cyprus”, Artsakank, September 2010, p. 15.

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Athina K. Dianellou (Αθηνά Κ. Διανέλλου) and Evgenia A. Theodotou (Ευγενία Α. Θεοδότου) busts

Artist: Andreas Thymopoulos (for A.K. Dianellou) and Ioannis Notaras (for E.A. Theodotou)

Location: Dianellos and Theodotou high school, Ayias Paraskevis St., Strovolos. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: 2 meters (the pedestals)

Category: Cypriot Women, Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Dianellos and Theodotou high school function in the same premises of the former Nicosia Greek Orphanage. Athina Dianellou and her sister Evgenia Theodotou are considered to be two of the most important benefactors in Cyprus, supporting financially schools and charitable institutions. Evgenia Theodotou’ bust was commissioned in 1959 and the unveiling took place on June 24^th 1961.

Selected sources:
~ Ελευθερία (Eleftheria), June 25, 1961.
~ Αντώνιος & Ευγενία Θεοδότου. Οι άνθρωποι και το έργο τους (Antonios & Evgenia Theodotou. People and their deeds). Cyprus Bank Historical Archive, Nicosia: 2011.

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Untitled

Artist: Dimitris Constantinou

Location: Siakolas Health Educational Central, Lemesos Avenue, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Material: Steel

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The artwork was commissioned in 2004 by Nikos K. Siakolas and it was placed in 2006.

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Memorial to the Cyprus Workers Confederation

Artist: Philippos Yiapanis

Location: Cypriot Workers Confederation (SEK) premises, Strovolos Avenue. Nicosia district

Category: Workers’ movement

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The monument was commissioned by the Cypriot Workers Confederation (SEK). The unveiling took place on January 25^th 2003.

Although the monument claims to celebrate a workers’ victory, the broken chain and the torch between the two figures bears direct implications to the national victories. Whatever the celebration is, the overflowing sentiment here is illustrated through the intense diagonal lines of the male and the female bodies, the stretching of her limbs and the playful mood of the child. In contrast to the norm, this woman is the only one depicted in public sculpture in Cyprus, along with Eleni Siakola, to wear ordinary modern clothes and thus appears part of a contemporary community.

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Like a tree

Artists: Maria Loizidou

Location: Ministry of Transport, Department of Public Works, Strovolos Avenue. Nicosia district

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The work was commissioned in 1999 by the Department of Public Works. Maria Loizidou is one of the most renowned contemporary Cypriot artists with international presence. Her work explores issues of memory and time in a rather poetic manner, mainly as a result of the materials she uses and her seemingly fragile forms.

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Memorial to “The Mother”

Artist: Theodoulos Theodoulou

Location: The Mother square, Siakolas Commercial Park, Athalassa area, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 2.56 meters (with the pedestal)

Category: Cypriot Women

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

In 2006-2007 Nikos K. Shacolas submitted to the Advisory Monuments’ Committee his proposal for a sculpture dedicated to the memory of his mother Eleni.

“The Mother” overturns all visual connotations applied to Cypriot mothers. Because of its individual character it is the only public depiction of a mother as a charming young woman joyfully playing with her children, exposing her body in a carefree manner, and ignoring altogether the conformism of the implicit or explicit heroic commemorations.

That exception proves the power of the prevailing female stereotypes in Cyprus. The snapshot impression this memorial evokes was allowed for the reason that it is not making part of the nationalistic iconology. The elimination of this parameter permitted the individual facial traits, the emergence of personal emotions, and the fluid, relaxed movement of the body. Among all female representations in commemorative public sculpture in Cyprus this is the only case of a woman with an individual identity who vindicates the right to be herself, indifferent to society’s gaze.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/12, document June 7, 2006.

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Memorial to Archbishop Kyprianos (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Κυπριανός)

Artist: Christos Symeonidis Chrisimos

Location: Archbishop Kyprianos Lyceum, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Category: Cypriot Church

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken in 2006 by the Archbishop Kyprianos Lyceum graduates of 1976, who coordinated the fundraising. The unveiling took place on March 24^th 2006.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/10, document December 21, 2005.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/11, document January 13, 2006.

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Anelixis (Advancement)

Artist: Costas Varotsos

Location: Central Offices of former Popular (Laiki) Bank of Cyprus, Athalassas Avenue, Strovolos. Nicosia district.

Material: Stainless steel and glass

Dimensions: 12 meters

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The artwork was commissioned in 1995 by the former Popular (Laiki) Bank of Cyprus (since April 2013 Bank of Cyprus).

Costas Varotsos, one of the most renowned Greek sculptors of his generation, used the diagonal form and the spiral of the glass arrangement to capture the power of evolution, motion and advancement of the contemporary Cypriot society.

“Anelixis” is Varotsos’ second public artwork in Cyprus: his “Poet”, made in 1983, is placed at Ammochostos Gate, the eastern entrance to the old city, close to the Green Line.

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Untitled

Artist: Christos Lanitis

Location: KPMG offices, 14 Esperidon St., Strovolos. Nicosia district

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

It was commissioned by the Cyprus Branch of KPMG, an international consulting company.

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Nuovo Twist

Artist: Beverly Pepper

Location: American Heart Institute/American Medical Center, Spyros Kyprianou Avenue, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Material: Corn-ten Steel

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The artwork is site specific; it was commissioned by the American Heart Institute and placed at the Medical Centre’s premises in 2010.

Beverly Pepper has worked on versions of this subject, already exhibited at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, Ralph Klein Legacy Park, and Banker’s Court, Calgary, (Alberta, Canada).

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Charalambos Pettemeridis (Χαράλαμπος Πεττεμερίδης) statue

Artist: Kyriakos Kallis

Location: Charalambos Pettemeridis Park, Tseriou Avenue, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Material: Bronze

Category: EOKA 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The statue was commissioned by the “Charalambos Pettemeridis” Athletic union based in Strovolos. The unveiling took place on May 19^th 1996.

Selected sources:
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/10, document April 28, 1993.
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.2008.9, Meeting Minutes April 10, 2008.

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Kyriakos Matsis (Κυριάκος Μάτσης) statue

Artist: Evangelos Moustakas

Location: Kyriakou Matsi Avenue, Presidential Palace roundabout, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 2.30 meters (the statue)

Category: EOKA 1955-59

Photography: Adrienne Christiansen & Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken in 2002 by the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle (SIMAE). The unveiling took place on June 27^th 2002.

The pyramid behind Kyriakos Matsis symbolizes the tomb. It is torn in two parts because of the explosion of the grenade. Matsis seems to be coming out through the split pyramid, his tomb. Thus, the explosion of the grenade which caused his death, offers him immortality.

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), March 20, 1999, p. 24.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/16, documents January 26, 1998; February 17, 1998.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/18, document March 24, 1999.
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.2008.9, documents March 26, 2007; January 11, 2008.
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.2008.10, document May 12, 2009; Meetings minutes April 26, 2002; May 7, 2009; April 9, 2009; June 11, 2009.

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Passing Moments

Artist: Helene Black

Location: Hellenic Bank Head offices, Athalassas Avenue, Strovolos. Nicosia district

Material: Stainless steel

Dimensions: 3 meters the diameter x 2 meters in height

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The artwork is an in situ piece, especially designed for the Hellenic Bank Head Offices. It was commissioned in 2003 and includes motion through light sensitivity, so it opens with daylight and closes at dusk.

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3rd Symposium, Limassol

Ahmed El-Stoahy Kyriakos Rokos

Saadia Bahat Victor Bonato

3^rd Sculpture Symposium

2001

Photography: Vicky Karaiskou

Four artists participated in the third symposium.

Victor Bonato (Germany), “Frozen wave”
The fluid curves of Bonato’s wave make a perfect match with the changing nature of the water they frame, and at the same time insinuate the dynamism of their potential spiral motion.

Kyriakos Rokos (Greece), “Mother of many children”
Kyriakos Rokos decomposes the human figure creating a puzzle of forms and volumes.

Saadia Bahat (Israel), “Limassol-Haifa, Twin Cities”
The two interlocked marble circles symbolize the two cities, joined by the Mediterranean Sea.

Ahmed El-Stoahy (Egypt), “Couple at rest”
Ahmed El-Stoahy makes a forceful critical comment on the contemporary way of life and the eroded human relations which raise close associations with the Fritz Lang iconic film of 1927, “Metropolis”.

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2nd Symposium, Limassol

Christos Riganas Helene Black

Helene Black Manolis Tzobanakis

Giorgos Houliarasn

Giorgos Houliaras Vassilis Vassili

Maria Kyprianoun

Maria Kyprianou

2^nd Sculpture Symposium

2000

Photography: Vicky Karaiskou

Six artists, four from Greece and two from Cyprus, participated in the second symposium.

Helene Black (Cyprus), “Framed views”
The three frames, made of iron and neon, are arranged in a way to interlock and penetrate space providing framed (and thus restricted) views of the sea or the city, depending on the viewer’s point of view.

Maria Kyprianou (Cyprus), “Birth”
Kyprianou uses the archetypal symbol of life, the egg, as an allegory to gestation and time.

Manolis Tzobanakis (Greece), “Sacrifice”
Using reinforced concrete and stainless steel, two materials characteristic of Tzobanakis’ work, he creates a snapshot of despair and agony, physical or emotional, which consumes the trapped human figure.

Giorgos Houliaras (Greece), “Synthesis”
In a block of marble Houliaras unfolds the potential shapes of life which can emerge from an amorphous raw material, commenting on the multiple possible options coexisting at the ‘beginning’.

Christos Riganas (Greece), “Alcyone”
Riganas uses the myth of Alcyone to comment on human hubris, punishment and compassion.

Vassilis Vassili (Greece), “Way out”
Vassislis Vassili’s core raw stone creates a spontaneous discomfort to the viewer who cannot overlook the stiffness and the bland statement of its monolithic existence.

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1st Symposium, Limassol

Kostas Dikefalos Giorgos Tsaras

Giorgos Tsiaras Kyriakos Kallis

Nikos Kouroussis Thodoros Papayiannis

1^st Sculpture Symposium

August 1999

Photography: Vicky Karaiskou & Evangelia Matthopoulou

Five artists, three from Greece and two from Cyprus, participated in the first symposium.

Costas Dikefalos (Greece), “Cultural Wave”
Costas Dikefalos spiral and wavy forms on stone are characteristic of his work. His “Cultural Wave” refers both to the actual dominant element of water of the seafront, and to the primordial dissemination and enrichment of cultures through sea trade and traveling.

Kyriakos Kallis (Cyprus), “Sculpture installation”

Kallis’ cross-like installation is based on the use of personal symbolisms and is built on successions of metal strips, wavy lamina and stone volumes. The bull head is the only figurative item symbolizing earth and the vital forces.

Thodoros Papayiannis (Greece), “Binary Unit”
The two in one figures by Papayiannis bear his distinct style of archaic geometry and rigor. Papayiannis’ endeavors in the Mediterranean culture has profoundly influenced his work since the very beginning of his artistic career and turn his human figures into archetypical totems.

Nikos Kouroussis (Cyprus), “Dialogue with time and space”
Kouroussis’ minimal synthesis is based on two minimal geometric forms, a stone cylinder and a stainless metal triangle providing a cryptic interpretation of time and space.

Giorgos Tsaras (Cyprus), “Gates”
The asymmetric and diagonally arranged gates and the intervention of the ramps in Tsaras’ work challenge the actual and symbolic function of the gate as a passage and a threshold that allows the communication between two opposite parts.

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Christodoulos Sozos (Χριστόδουλος Σώζος) bust

Artist: Georgios Dimitriadis

Location: Limassol Municipal Park, 28^th October street, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Pentelic marble

Dimensions: > 2 meters

Category: Public Figures, War Volunteers, Union (énosis), Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Sozos is a prominent personality of Cyprus’ modern history. He was Mayor of Limassol, member in the Legislative Council of Cyprus, and a keen advocate of énosis, the official union with Greece. He died at the Bizani battle in 1912 during the Balkan Wars.

The initiative for his bust was taken in 1914 by the Limassol Municipality and the unveiling took place on June 19^th 1915.

Selected sources:
~ Αλήθεια (Alithia), January 25, 1913, p. 2.
~ Αλήθεια (Alithia), February 1, 1913, p. 2.
~ Αλήθεια (Alithia), June 19, 1915, p. 2, 3.
~ Ελευθερία (Eleftheria), January 25, 1913, p. 2.
~ Ελευθερία (Eleftheria), May 29, 1915, p. 2.
~ Παγκύπριον Λεύκωμα (Pan Cypriot Album), 1^st year, Nicosia: 1925.
~ Papapolyviou Petros, Η Κύπρος και οι Βαλκανικοί Πόλεμοι. Συμβολή στην Ιστορία του Κυπριακού Εθελοντισμού (Cyprus and the Balkan Wars. Contribution to the History of Cypriot Volunteers). Nicosia: Center of Scientific Research, Sources and Studies of Cypriot History XXVI, 1997.
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Stylianos Lenas (Στυλιανός Λένας) bust

Artist: Philippos Yiapanis

Location: “Lenas” nationalist union premises, Limassol. Limassol district

Dimensions: 91 cm x 61 cm x 61 cm

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The bust was commissioned by the “Lenas” nationalist union. The unveiling took place on October 6^th 2004.

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Memorial to Solonas Michailidis (Σόλωνας Μιχαηλίδης)

Artist: Fedonas Potamitis

Location: Limassol Municipal Park, Rigas Feraios street. Limassol district

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Solonas Michailidis was a musician. The memorial was commissioned by the Music Teachers’ Association and the unveiling took place on September 17^th 1995.

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), September 14, 1995, p. 4.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), September 18, 1995, p. 9.

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Ploutis Servas (Πλουτής Σέρβας) bust

Artist: Fedonas Potamitis

Location: Ipirou street, opposite Iroon square, Limassol. Limassol district

Dimensions: 44 cm x 40 cm x 40 cm

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Ploutis Servas had been Mayor of Limassol in the 1940s. The initiative for the bust was taken by the Municipality of Limassol. The unveiling took place on May 22^nd 2002.

Selected sources:
~ Politis, February 19, 2005.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λεμεσού (Limassol Municipality Archive), 15.3.01, document May 30, 2003.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λεμεσού (Limassol Municipality Archive), 15.3.01, document September 13, 2007.

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Petros Tsiros (Πέτρος Τσίρος) bust

Artist: Fedonas Potamitis

Location: Tsirion stadium, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 179 cm x 46 cm x 50 cm

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Petros Tsiros donated the land where the stadium was built, and thus was named after him. The initiative for the bust was taken by the Limassol gymnastic union “Olympia”. It was made by Fedonas Potamitis in 1980 and the unveiling took place on June 10^th 1984.

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), June 11, 1984, p. 14.
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Solomon Panagidis (Οικονόμος Σολομών Παναγίδης) bust

Artist: Chrysostomos Perdios

Location: Agia Triada church, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: 123 cm the pedestal (+110 cm the two steps) x 36 cm x 34 cm

Category: Public Figures, ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59, Cypriot Church

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Father Solomon Panagidis was the founder of the catechetic in Limassol and of the Christian-Orthodox Youth Union of Limassol (ΟΧΕΝ). He was a member of EOKA 1955-59. The initiative for the bust was taken by his students at the catechetic school who also coordinated the fundraising. The unveiling took place on June 2^nd 1968.

Selected sources:
~ Αγών (Agon), May 30, 1968, p. 1.
~ Μάχη (Mahi), December 2, 1964, p. 2.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), November 25, 1964, p. 2.
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Nikos Nikolaidis (Νίκος Νικολαΐδης) bust

Artist: Chrysostomos Perdios

Location: Limassol Municipal Park, 28^th October street, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: 1.86 cm x 65 cm x 45 cm

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Nikos Nikolaidis was an artist and a writer. The initiative for the bust was taken by the Limassol Municipality and an ad hoc private committee which coordinated the fundraising. The unveiling took place on November 8^th 1970.

Selected sources:
~ Κύπρος (Kypros), May 18, 1970, p. 8.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), November 5, 1970, p. 4.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), July 1, 1970, p. 7.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/8, Meeting Minutes March 5, 1970.
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Nikolaos Kl. Lanitis (Νικόλαος Κλ. Λανίτης) bust

Artist: Vasos Falireas

Location: Tsirion stadium, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: 141 cm x 50 cm x 36 cm

Category: War Volunteers, Public Figures, Union (énosis)

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Nikolas Lanitis was a founding member of the athletic club ‘Olympia’, which he also supported financially, and volunteer in the early 20th century Greek wars. The initiative for the bust was taken by the Limassol gymnastic union “Olympia”. It was made in 1965 by the Greek sculptor Vasos Falireas and the unveiling took place on April 26^th 1965.

Selected sources:
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Grigoris Afxentiou (Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου) bust

Artist: Chrysostomos Perdios

Location: Limassol 2^nd Technical School. Limassol district

Dimensions: 156 cm x 64 cm

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken by the Limassol 2^nd Technical School Teachers’ Association. The unveiling took place on March 27^th 1988.

The bust is the same to the one located at Lysi town in 1962, and was destroyed after the Turkish invasion and the consequent occupation of the northern part of the island.

Selected sources:
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Giorgos Katsounotos (Γιώργος Κατσουνωτός) bust

Artist: Unknown

Location: Christodoulos Chatzipavlou avenue, Limassol jetty. Limassol district

Dimensions: 2.15 meters x 46 cm x 47 cm

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Giorgos Katsounotos was a Mayor of Limassol for a brief period of 18 months in early 1970s. The initiative for the bust was taken by Limassol Rotary club and the unveiling took place on June 12^th 1982.

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), June 17, 1973, p. 10.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), June 12, 1982, p. 10.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), May 25, 1980, p. 8.
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Viktoras Ioannidis (Βίκτωρας Ιωαννίδης) bust

Artist: Fedonas Potamitis

Location: Viktoras Ioannidis square, Archbishop Makarios III Avenue, Limassol. Limassol district

Dimensions: 168 cm x 46 cm x 46 cm

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Viktoras Ioannidis was an artist (painter). He was a graduate of the School of Fine Arts in Athens and he worked for a period of time as a cartoonist for Athenian newspapers.

The initiative for his bust was taken in 1885 by the Committee of the Viktoras Ioannidis Foundation, and the Limassol Rotary Club. The unveiling took place on April 21^st 1991.

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), April 3, 1991, p. 6.

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Vasilis Michaelidis (Βασίλης Μιχαηλίδης) bust

Artist: Antonis Sohos

Location: Agia Zoni avenue and Vasili Michaelidi street, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Pentelic marble

Dimensions: 180 cm (+24 cm the pedestal) x 39 cm x 29 cm

Category: Public Figures, Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Vasilis Michaelidis is ranked among the most prominent Cypriot poets. He is the writer of the poem “July 9^th 1821, Nicosia, Cyprus” which commemorates the death of Archbishop Kyprianos.

The initiative was taken by an ad hoc private committee and the Limassol Municipality which coordinated the fundraising. The bust was commissioned to the Greek sculptor Antonis Sohos and was finished and shipped by December 1951. The unveiling took place on July 15^th 1953.

Selected sources:
~ Αλήθεια (Alithia), July 28, 1952, p. 1.
~ Έθνος (Ethnos), July 8, 1952, p. 1.
~ Έθνος (Ethnos), July 16, 1953, p. 1.
~ Εσπερινή (Esperini), July 28, 1952, p. 1.
~ Κύπρος (Kypros), February 9, 1953, p. 6.
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Argyros I. Drousiotis (Αργυρός Ι. Δρουσιώτης) bust

Artist: Fedonas Potamitis

Location: Limassol Municipal Park, Irine and Argyros Drousiotis street, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 149 cm x 40 cm x 32 cm

Category: Public Figures, War Volunteers

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Argyros Drousiotis had been the head of Limassol high school from 1912 until 1940, and served as volunteer during the Balkan Wars. The initiative for the bust was taken in 1987 by the Limassol Greek Gymnasium graduates of 1939, the Drousia emigrants, the Ministry of Education and Culture, and the Limassol School Supervision. The costs were covered by the Greek Gymnasium graduates of 1939. The unveiling took place on December 3^rd 1989.

Selected sources:
~ Σημερινή (Simerini), December 9, 1984, p. 3.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), August 30, 1989, p. 16.
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Andreas Pantelidis (Ανδρέας Παντελίδης) bust

Artist: Theodoulos Theodoulou

Location: Agia Zoni church, Limassol. Limassol district

Dimensions: 125 cm (+ 36 cm the steps) x 51 cm x 51 cm

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken by the Limassol (city and district) EOKA fighters’ association (ΣΑΠΕΛ/SAPEL). It was placed in 1996.

Selected sources:
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/14, Meeting Minutes January 23, 1996.

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Andreas Themistokleous (Ανδρέας Θεμιστοκλέους) bust

Artist: Chrysostomos Perdios

Location: Agia Zoni square, Agia Zoni street, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Carrara marble

Dimensions: 160 cm (+ 36 cm the two steps) x 46 cm x 36 cm

Category: Public Figures, Union (énosis), Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Themistokleous had been the head of the Limassol high school and a fervent supporter of the enosis (union with Greece) ideology. The initiative for the bust was taken in 1957 by an ad hoc private committee, and the Limassol Municipality. The unveiling took place on November 1^st 1959.

Selected sources:
~ Παρατηρητής (Paratiritis), March 21, 1957, p. 4.
~ Παρατηρητής (Paratiritis), April 25, 1957, p. 1.
~ Παρατηρητής (Paratiritis), May 23, 1957, p. 1.
~ Παρατηρητής (Paratiritis), June 6, 1957, p. 1.
~ Χρόνος (Hronos), July 13, 1957, p. 4.
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Andreas Vlamis (Ανδρέας Βλάμης) bust

Artist: Chrysostomos Perdios

Location: Lanitio high school, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: 171 cm (+ 18 the base) x 40 cm x 40 cm

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The bust was commissioned by Christodoulos D. Hadjipavlou, Mayor of Limassol.

Selected sources:
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Alexander Pushkin bust

Artist: Alexander Belashov

Location: Limassol Municipal Park, 28^th October street, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 150 cm (+15 cm the step) x 63 cm x 40 cm

Category: International relations, Public Figures

Photography: Adrienne Christiansen

The bust was commissioned by the Russian State and was donated to Limassol Municipality and Cyprus for the celebrations of 200 years since Pushkin’s birth. The monument was funded by the association of Russian businessmen in Cyprus. The unveiling took place on December 2^nd 2000.

The photograph is available here courtesy of Dr. Adrienne Christiansen.

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Memorial to the dead sailors 1964-1974

Artist: Unknown

Location: Limassol promenade. Limassol district.

Material: Brass

Category: Inter-communal conflicts 1963-64, Turkish Invasion, International relations

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial was commissioned by the Hellenic Navy. It is dedicated to the contribution of the navy during the inter-communal conflicts and the Turkish invasion in Cyprus. The unveiling took place on June 29^th 1994.

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Memorial to the Limassol high school dead students during the Balkan Wars

Μνημείο πεσόντων Βαλκανικών πολέμων (5)n

Artist: G.Ν.

Location: Lanitio high school

Material: Marble

Category: War Volunteers, Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken by the Limassol Greek School Supervision, and the Limassol high school. The unveiling took place on June 14^th 1915.

On the lower parts of the obelisk are engraved verses of the Greek national anthem and Plato’s sayings which remind the high duty to safeguard motherland. On one of the surfaces a bas relief depicts an owl along with branches of laurel, symbols of wisdom and sacrificial death.

Selected sources:
~ Papapolyviou Petros, Η Κύπρος και οι Βαλκανικοί Πόλεμοι. Συμβολή στην Ιστορία του Κυπριακού Εθελοντισμού (Cyprus and the Balkan Wars. Contribution to the History of Cypriot Volunteers). Nicosia: Center of Scientific Research, Sources and Studies of Cypriot History XXVI, 1997.
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Memorial to the Limassol dead and resistance

Artist: Fedonas Potamitis

Location: Georgios Grivas Digenis Avenue, Limassol. Limassol district

Category: 1974 Coup

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

A proposal for a memorial dedicated to the Limassol partisans had been started in 2002. Subsequently this initiative was taken up by the Pan Cypriot Association of Democratic Partisans. The costs were covered by various Ministries and Government divisions and the unveiling took place on July 12^th 2004.

The two sculpted figures were added to the initial plans in 2003. An androgynous female figure crowned with a laurel wreath, presumably motherland, holds a dead fighter. The only element that indicates her femininity–apart of the renowned pieta pattern she replicates–is the archaic, long chiton and her headdress. Her muscular arms, strong hands, angular face, strong chin and cheekbones, and her voluminous body bear strong references to Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Sibyls and create a sharp antithesis with the vulnerable naked dead body.

Selected sources:
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), July 13, 2004, p. 13.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λεμεσού (Limassol Municipality Archive), 15.3.01, documents July 8, 2002; April 22, 2002; March 24, 2004.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/2, document January 23, 2002.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/5, document June 19, 2003.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/6, documents March 7, 2002; October 8, 2003.

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Memorial to the school generation

Artist: Theodoulos Theodoulou

Location: Archbishop Makarios III Avenue, Limassol. Limassol district

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial is dedicated to all the students who contributed to the EOKA 1955-59 struggles. Judging by the available documents, the wish for such a memorial seems to have been many years before the initiatives of the Limassol Schools Board in 1995. At least three competition calls were issued: the first was published in January 1996 but was cancelled two months later, in April, and a second was called. A third and last, apparently, was published in October 1999 with a view to the memorial being located at the entrance of the stadium of the Lanitio high school. The memorial was commissioned by the Limassol Greek School Supervision of 1962-2005 and was unveiled during 2005.

Selected sources
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), January 28, 1996, p. 18.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), April 21, 1996, p. 26.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λεμεσού (Limassol Municipality Archive), 15.3.01, documents April 25, 2002; November 4, 2004.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/13, Meeting Minutes January 19, 1995.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/19, document June 22, 1999.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/21, Meeting Minutes June 15, 2000.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/7, Meeting Minutes December 18, 2003.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/9, document June 7 2005.

Keywords:

The Wheel of History & Planet Earth

Artist: Nikolas M. Milakkas

Location: Limassol Municipality premises. Limassol district

Material: Stone

Category: International relations

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The two sculptures were made to commemorate the twining of Limassol Municipality with its sister cities listed on the pedestal.

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Nicosia Symposium

Genti Tavanxhiu Beata Rostas

Christos Lianitis George Moisi

Petre Petrovn

Xavier Gonzales Petre Petrov

Beatriz Carbonell Ferrer Arne Maeland

Sculpture Symposium in Nicosia

4-16 April 2011

The symposium was organised by The Friends of Fine Arts and Nicosia Municipality, and was funded by the Ministry of Education. Ten sculptors participated from all over Europe:

Agnessa Petrova and Petre Petrov from Bulgaria, Arlindo Arez from Portugal, Arne Maeland from Norway, Beatriz Carbonell from Spain, Beata Rostas from Hungary, Genti Tavanxhiu from Albania, Xavier Gonzalez from France and George Moisi and Christos Lanitis from Cyprus. The sculptors participated after submitting their proposal to the organizing committee. All of them worked with a piece of at least 2 cubic meters local Cypriot stone. All the works are titled as “Untitled”.

After the conclusion of the symposium most of the artworks were located in various parts of Nicosia city. Nicosia Municipality plans the construction of a sculpture park, possibly in part of the ditch outside the Venetian walls of the old city.

Artist & location in the city:

Arne Maeland: Crossroads Kennedy and Archbishop Makarios III Avenues.Nicosia

Beata Rostas: Archbishop Makarios III Avenue, opposite Hilton hotel, Nicosia

Beatriz Carbonell Ferrer: 34 Demostheni Severi Avenue, in front of the Embassy of France building, Nicosia

Genti Tavanxhiu: Archbishop Makarios III Avenue, Kaimakli area, Nicosia

Petre Petrov: Presidential Palace Avenue, Nicosia

Xavier Gonzalez: Agiou Andrea Avenue, in front of Evaggelistria Church, Palouriotissa area, Nicosia

Christos Lanitis: Crossroads Nikis and Griva Digeni Avenues, Nicosia

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Archbishop Sofronios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Σωφρόνιος Γ’) bust

Artist: Andreas Thymopoulos

Location: Saint John Cathedral, forecourt of the old Archbishopric Palace, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: ~3.5 meters

Category: Cypriot Church, Union (énosis), Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken by the Archbishop’s relatives and the unveiling took place on December 13^th 1909.

Sofronios was known for his mild character, his realistic approach to the political situation in Cyprus and, consequently, his willingness to co-exist in peace with the British rulers of the island. However, this attitude of his caused discomfort among the Cypriots and was perceived as a compromise and a deficit of fighting spirit, in discordance to the Greek Cypriot ideals of official union (énosis) with Greece.

To counterbalance this impression, it was attributed to him the phrase written on the pedestal: “British rulers we accept for now your presence, eagerly waiting the time when the white robed liberty will shine at Evagoras’ glorious land” (Βρεττανοί στέργομεν τώρα την των Άγγλων κατοχήν αναμένοντες την ώρα μ’ ανυπόμονον ψυχήν που θα λάμψη λευκοφόρα η θεά μας λευθεριά στου λαμπρού μας Ευαγόρα την αφρόλουστη στεριά).

This phrase was supposedly addressed to the First British High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief, Sir Garret Wolseley, when he arrived in Larnaka in 1878. However, according to historical sources this position, in general lines, was expressed by the Kition Bishop Kyprianos Ikonomidis who was attending the arrival ceremony. On the contrary Sofronios expressed to Sir Wolseley his wish for equal rights and duties, stating the Cypriots’ devotion to the new ruler.

Selected sources:
~ Filippou Loizos, Η Εκκλησία της Κύπρου επί Τουρκοκρατίας (Cypriot Church during the British rule), Nicosia 1975.
~ Hackett John, Ιστορία της Ορθοδόξου Εκκλησίας της Κύπρου (A history of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus: from the coming of the apostles Paul and Barnabas to the commencement of the British occupation), vol.1, Athens 1923.
~ Koudounaris Aristidis, Βιογραφικόν λεξικόν Κυπρίων 1800-1920 (Biographical dictionary of Cupriots 1800-1920), Nicosia 2010.
~ Zannetos Filios, Ιστορία της νήσου Κύπρου από της Αγγλικής κατοχής μέχρι σήμερον (History of Cyprus from the time of British rule till today), vol. 2 & 3. Larnaka 1911-1912
~ Αλήθεια (Alithia), January 1, 1910, p. 1.
~ Κυπριακός Φύλαξ (Kypriakos Filax), December 19, 1909. p. 1.

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Archbishop Kyprianos (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Κυπριανός) bust

Artist: Georgios Bonanos

Location: Saint John Cathedral, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Pentelic marble

Dimensions: ~3.5 meters

Category: Cypriot Church, Union (énosis), Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

This bust is the first public artwork in Cyprus. It was commissioned by the Patriotic Association of Cypriots in Athens and the unveiling took place on July 9^th 1909. Although the bust was presented in 1901 at the Cypriot Exhibition in Athens, the unveiling was delayed for eight years due to the archbishopric crisis that broke out after the death of Archbishop Sofronios III in May 1900.

The Archbishopric seat remained vacant until April 1909 due to a turbulent dispute that emerged between the two successor candidates, the bishop of Kition Kyrillos Papadopoulos, known for his intransigence for énosis (union) and the bishop of Kyrenia Kyrillos Vassiliou, known for his moderate and realistic policy to the British administration. The eight years confrontation divided deeply the Cypriot society and massive riots and demonstrations took place in the major cities of the island. Eventually, the bishop of Kition was elected on April 21^st 1909, but his opponent recognized him as the Archbishop of Cyprus only in the beginning of 1910.

The rivals of Kition Bishop used Kyprianos’ name during aforementioned crisis to support their arguments. As a consequence the unveiling of his bust under those circumstances would become an additional source for tension and riots. Thereof, the unveiling took place three months after the election of Archbishop Kyrillos II from Kition Bishopric.

In 1961, after the construction of the new Archbishopric premises, the bust was removed and placed in the new Archbishopric yard. In 1987 it was moved again due to the colossal Archbishop Makarios III statue, and was placed in its current location, at the entrance of the courtyard.

The resemblance of the bust to the actual features of Kyprianos became a new reason of anxiety in the Cypriot society. The sculptor Bonanos had depicted Kyprianos’ features according to a portrait of him, kept at Machairas Monastery at Troodos Mountain. Nevertheless, many objected arguing that the lack of resemblance would raise issues of historical accuracy, artistic excellence and national ideology.

Selected sources:
~ Fragoudis S. Georgios, Ιστορία του Αρχιεπισκοπικού ζητήματος Κύπρου, 1900-1910 (History of the Archbishopric Issue of 1900-1910), Alexandria 1911.
~ Fragoudis S. Georgios. Κυπριακή έκθεσις εν Αθήναις 1901 (The 1901 Cypriot Exhibition in Athens), K. Kokkinofta, introduction. Nicosia, 2005.
~ Hill George, A History of Cyprus, v. IV, Cambridge 1972, pp. 577-606.
~ Katalanos Nikolaos, Κυπριακόν Λεύκωμα Ο Ζήνων (Cypriot Album Zinon), year 1^st, Nicosia 1914, p. 186.
~ Ελευθερία (Eleftheria), July, 31, 1909, p.1.
~ Φωνή της Κύπρου (Foni tis Kyprou), September 1, 1900.
~ Φωνή της Κύπρου (Foni tis Kyprou), July 31, 1909, p. 2.
~ Φωνή της Κύπρου (Foni tis Kyprou), August 21, 1909, p. 3.
~ Φωνή της Κύπρου (Foni tis Kyprou), September 25, 1909, p. 1.

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Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue

Artist: Apostolos Fanakidis

Location: Forecourt of the Archbishopric Palace, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Category: Cypriot Church, EOKA 1955-59, Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The statue was commissioned in 2008 by the Archbishopric of Cyprus. The unveiling took place on May 29^th 2011.

Keywords:

Golden Stone

Artist: Heinrich Brumack

Location: Ammochostos Gate, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Adrienne Christiansen

The artwork was donated to the Nicosia Municipality in 1986.

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Ourania Kokkinou (Ουρανία Κοκκίνου) bust

Artist: Aggelika Korovessi

Location: Phaneromeni elementary school, old city of Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Brass

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59, Cypriot Women

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken, among others, by the politicians Tassos Papadopoulos and Manolis Christofidis. The unveiling took place on July 12^th 1996. An ad hoc private committee called an artistic competition and coordinated the fundraising. The competition gave no satisfactory results and as a consequence an invitation was made directly to the sculptor Aggelika Korovesi.

The bust is situated at the Faneromeni elementary school because Kokkinou herself attended this school, and, subsequently, taught there. In contrast to the norm, this bust symbolically depicts the hands of the commemorated person, in an attempt to insinuate her personality and her activity both as a teacher and as a patriot. Kokkinou was coordinating the female division of the Orthodox Christian Youth Union (OXEN) and during the 1950s she recruited many young Cypriot girls to the EOKA fight.

An inscription between her hands writes: “I fight to honor my national dignity” (Αγωνίζομαι για να κρατώ ψηλά την εθνική μου αξιοπρέπεια). A second inscription was added after the inauguration, narrating in a more descriptive way her social identity: “The first woman theologian in Cyprus. She was always at the forefront. She recruited, coordinated and inspired fighters for freedom. She fought, she got imprisoned and persecuted. She taught with her words and actions” (Πρώτη γυναίκα θεολόγος της Κύπρου. Ήταν πάντα στις επάλξεις. Στρατολόγησε, οργάνωσε και ενέπνευσε αγωνιστές της ελευθερίας. Αγωνίστηκε, φυλακίστηκε, διώχθηκε. Δίδαξε με το λόγο και το παράδειγμά της).

Selected sources:
~ Αγών (Agon), February 5, 1995, p. 7.
~ Αλήθεια (Alithia), February 6, 1995, p. 3.
~ Σημερινή (Simerini), December 5, 1994, p. 4.
~ Σημερινή (Simerini), February 5, 1995, p. 22.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), February 2, 1995, p. 4.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), February 6, 1995, p. 5.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.9, documents June 3, 1994; June 13, 1994; June 27, 1994; September 15, 1994; February 2, 1995; May 28, 1996; June 17, 1996; Meeting Minutes July 1, 1996.

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Mausoleum to the Cypriot national martyrs of July 9th 1821

Artist: Georgios Dimitriadis

Location: Panayia Phaneromeni Church, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Category: Cypriot Church, Union (énosis), Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial was constructed to commemorate a hundred years since the foundation of the Modern Greek State.

Archbishop Kyprianos and three more Bishops were hanged on July 9^th 1821 in Nicosia with the accusation that Cypriots disobeyed the direct order of the Turkish Sultan to stay neutral from the Greek War of Independence.

The initiative for the memorial was taken by the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus, the Kykkos Monastery, and the Panayia Phaneromeni Church. The unveiling took place on July 9^th 1930. The remains of Archbishop Kyprianos and the Bishops are kept in the mausoleum.

Georgios Dimitriadis the Athenian (1880-1941) was one of the most renowned Greek sculptors following the academic style in the beginning of the 20^th century. The mausoleum brings together all the symbols of Byzantine art and the aesthetic characteristics of ancient Greek. The head covering with a cloth symbolizes the mourning and its abstract conception here turns it into an ideogram of loss.

Selected sources:
~ Αλήθεια (Alithia), July, 10, 1930, p. 1.
~ Έθνος (Ethnos), May 29, 1930, p. 1.
~ Έθνος (Ethnos), June 28, 1930, p. 1.
~ Έθνος (Ethnos), July 12, 1930, p. 4.
~ Παρατηρητής (Paratiritis), June 1, 1929, p. 4.
~ Φωνή της Κύπρου (Foni tis Kyprou), April 26, 1930, p. 1.
~ Φωνή της Κύπρου (Foni tis Kyprou), July 5, 1930, p. 1.
~ Φωνή της Κύπρου (Foni tis Kyprou), July 12, 1930, p. 2.

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Memorial to Konstantinos Leventis (Κωνσταντίνος Λεβέντης)

Artist: Unknown

Location: Michalakis Karaolis street, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Konstantinos Leventis was a benefactor. No further information is available on the monument.

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Georgios Xanthos Chr. Tsikouris (Γεώργιος Ξάνθος Χρ. Τσικουρής) bust

Artist: Andreas Savvides

Location: Stasinou Avenue, Nicosia Municipality Children’s park. Nicosia district

Material: Bronze

Dimensions: > 2 meters

Category: The Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in Greece (ΕΑΔΕ/EADE)

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Georgios Tsikouris died in 1970 during his attempt to set off a bomb at the American Embassy in Athens, as a protest to its presumed collaboration with the Greek junta. The initiative for the bust was taken by “The Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in Greece” (ΕΑΔΕ/EADE) which coordinated the fundraising, too. The unveiling took place on February 28^th 1982.

Selected sources:
~ Απογευματινή (Apogevmatini), September 4, 1995.
~Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), October 25, 1979, p. 10.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), September 3, 1988, p. 4.
~ Matthopoulou, Evangelia. 2012. «Μνημεία, Προτομές και Ανδριάντες στο Δήμο Λευκωσίας» (“Monuments, busts and statues in Nicosia Municipality”), Φιλολογική Κύπρος 2009-2011 (Philoloyiki Kypros 2009-2011), Nicosia: Hellenic Intellectual Association of Cyprus.

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Stelios Mavrommatis (Στέλιος Μαυρομμάτης) bust

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: “Stelios Mavromatis” union premises, Agios Pavlos, Nicosia, Nicosia district.

Dimensions: 190 (+29 cm the step) x 92 cm x 46 cm

Category: EOKA 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken in the 1960s by the “Stelios Mavromatis” union. No further information is available.

On the pedestal is written: “If freedom reached Cyprus with her wings broken, it is not your fault. Yours were the gallows and the manliness” (Κι αν με σπασμένες φτερούγες ήρθε στην Κύπρο η λευτεριά, δικό σου δεν είναι το φταίξιμο. Δική σου είναι η αγχόνη κι η λεβεντιά δική σου).

On the wall behind him in golden letters the familiar statement appears again “Freedom demands virtue and courage” (Θέλει αρετήν και τόλμην η ελευθερία).

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Stavros Stylianidis (Σταύρος Στυλιανίδης) bust

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Chrysaliniotissa Municipal Garden, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: 150 cm x 49 cm x 50 cm

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken by the Yialousa Association, the birth place of the Stylianidis, which is in the occupied Ammochostos distrist of Cyprus. The unveiling took place on November 29^th 2009.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 6-7.18, Meeting Minutes April 13, 2007.
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.2009.10, document November 14, 2008.

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Nikos Kranidiotis (Νίκος Κρανιδιώτης) bust

Artist: Konstantinos Paleologos

Location: Pankyprio high school, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Pentelic marble

Dimensions: > 2 meters

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Nikos Kranidiotis was a diplomat, an educator and a writer. The initiative for the bust was taken by Nikos Kranidiotis family and the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle (ΣΙΜΑΕ/SIMAE). The unveiling took place on December 11^th 2008.

“Pankyprio Gymnasium” (Pan Cypriot) was founded by Archbishop Kyprianos in 1812 and is the oldest high school in Cyprus. Its initial name was “Greek School” until 1896.

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), July 31, 2002, p. 26.
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.94.7, documents August 31, 2006; October 30, 2006.
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.2008.10, document January 15, 2009.

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Nikolaos Katalanos (Νικόλαος Καταλάνος) bust

Artist: Ioannis Notaras

Location: Eleftherias square, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: > 2 meters

Category: Union (énosis), Public Figures, Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Katalanos was Greek but lived in Cyprus for many years being a firm supporter of enosis (union) with Greece ideology. He was an educator, a journalist and a publicly active figure. The initiative for the bust was taken in 1954 by an ad hoc private committee of Katalanos’ colleagues and students from the Pan-Cypriot high school (Pankyprio Gymnasium).

The bust is standing on a tall, fluted column, upon on a square basis. Both were sculpted in Greece. Although they were finished by the end of 1955, their shipment to Cyprus was delayed notably, possibly because of the political upheavals due to EOKA 1955-59 struggles. The unveiling took place on September 25^th 1960 and became an occasion for nationalist celebrations.

Selected sources:
~ Kypros), May 24, 1954, p. 1.
~ Kypros), January 1, 1959, p. 4.
~ Haravgi, September 27, 1960, p. 2.
~ Matthopoulou, Evangelia. 2012. «Μνημεία, Προτομές και Ανδριάντες στο Δήμο Λευκωσίας» (“Monuments, busts and statues in Nicosia Municipality”), Φιλολογική Κύπρος 2009-2011 (Philoloyiki Kypros 2009-2011), Nicosia: Hellenic Intellectual Association of Cyprus.

Keywords:

Mahatma Gandhi bust

Artist: Unknown

Location: Nehru Avenue, next to the Cyprus Parliament, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 181 cm (in height) x 161 cm (max. width) cm x 87 cm

Category: International relations, Non-Aligned Movement

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken by the Government of India and was donated to the Government of Cyprus. The unveiling took place on July 10^th 1972.

Selected sources:
~ Αγών (Agon), June 29, 1972, p. 1.
~ Αγών (Agon), July 11, 1972, p. 1.
~ Πατρίς (Patris), July 13, 1972, p. 3.
~ Matthopoulou, Evangelia. 2012. «Μνημεία, Προτομές και Ανδριάντες στο Δήμο Λευκωσίας» (“Monuments, busts and statues in Nicosia Municipality”), Φιλολογική Κύπρος 2009-2011 (Philoloyiki Kypros 2009-2011), Nicosia: Hellenic Intellectual Association of Cyprus.

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Konstantinos Spyridakis (Κωνσταντίνος Σπυριδάκις) bust

Artist: Andreas Savvides

Location: Pankyprio high school, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Dimensions: 2.5 meters

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Konstantinos Spyridakis had been a distinct personality in the Cypriot intellectual society. He was the founder and the president of the Greek Cultural Association in Cyprus (Ελληνικός Πνευματικός Όμιλος Κύπρου). The Association was founded in 1947 and was very active in literature publications, events supporting the dissemination of Greek culture and the enosis (union) with Greece ideology.

The initiative for the bust was taken by the Hellenic Intellectual Association of Cyprus (ΕΠΟΚ/EPOK) and the “Stasinos” association of Greek philologists. The unveiling took place on May 18^th 2008 on the occasion of 175 years of the “Pankyprio” (Pan Cypriot) high school. “Pankyprio Gymnasium” was founded by Archbishop Kyprianos in 1812 and is the oldest high school in Cyprus. Its initial name was “Greek School” until 1896.

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), May 19, 1988, p. 3.

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Ioannis Vergopoulos (Ιωάννης Βεργόπουλος) bust

Artist: Andreas Thymopoulos

Location: Pankyprio high school, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: > 2 meters

Category: Public Figures, Union (énosis), Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Ioannis Vergopoulos had been the main benefactor of the “Pankyprio Gymnasium” which was founded by Archbishop Kyprianos in 1812. It is the oldest high school in Cyprus and the initial name was “Greek School” until 1896. The initiative for his bust was taken in 1932 by the Pankyprio (Pan Cypriot) high school and the Greek Institutions of Nicosia Board. The unveiling took place on January 31^st 1934

Selected sources:
~ Έθνος (Ethnos), November 26, 1932, p. 4.
~ Πρωινή (Proini), November 11, 1932, p. 4.
~ Πρωινή (Proini), November 16, 1932, p. 3.
~ Πρωινή (Proini), January 8, 1933, p. 1.

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Themistoklis Dervis (Θεμιστοκλής Δέρβης) bust

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Nicosia City Hall. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Themistoklis Dervis has been the Mayor of Nicosia from 1929 to1946 and from 1949 to 1959. The initiative for the memorial was taken by Nikos Karydis, who was an employee of the Nicosia Municipality and Dervis’ close friend. The unveiling took place on November 27^th 1993.

Selected sources:
~ Σημερινή (Simerini), November 28, 1993, p. 12.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.1, documents October 9, 1981; October 13, 1981; February 28, 1983.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.5, documents April 15, 1989; June 27, 1989; August 31, 1989.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.6, documents June 16, 1972; September 14, 1989; April 30, 1991.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.7, documents May 14, 1991; December 19, 1991;Meeting Minutes July25, 1991;
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.9, document November 5, 1993.

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Efrosyni Proestou (Ευφροσύνη Προεστού) bust

Artist: Charis Evaggelou

Location: Markos Drakos Street, Ledra Pallas barricade, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Bronze

Dimensions: 136 cm x 45 cm x 45 cm

Category: Turkish Invasion, Cypriot Women

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Efrosyni Proestou was also called “The Lady of Lapithos”, because of her daring decision to hide (and thus save) twelve Greek Cypriot soldiers. They found a shelter close to her house in Lapithos village for a whole month, during and after the Turkish invasion. Proestou was imprisoned and risked the death penalty for her action.

In the Greek traditional family and society, calling a woman “Kyrá” (lady) is a title of honor which insinuates moral value and implies deeds complying with the patriarchal perception of women’s identities.

The initiative for the memorial was taken by the Lapithos Municipality, the “Lapithos” Refugee Association and the twelve soldiers. The latter covered the total cost. Lapithos is in the occupied part of Cyprus, but still elects its authorities in the Greek Cypriot, southern part, as all occupied municipalities and communities do. The unveiling of the memorial took place on September 25^th 2002.

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), September 24, 2002, p. 4.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/3, document April 14, 2002.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/7, document July 8, 2004.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/20, Meetings Minutes November 19, 1999; January 19, 2000.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.10, documents September 27, 1999; November 2, 1999.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.11, document April 4, 2000; Meetings Minutes March 31, 2000; April 6, 2000.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.12, documents March 13, 2001; December 17, 2001; April 10, 2002; Meetings Minutes June 21, 2000; April 8, 2002.

Κeywords:

Doros Loizos (Δώρος Λοΐζος) bust

Artist: Nikolaos Kotziamanis

Location: Crossroads of Kaniggos and Stasinou streets, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Bronze

Category: Public Figures, Political assassinations

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Doros Loizos was a poet and an active member of EDEK (ΕΔΕΚ) political party. He was murdered right after the coup, on August 30, 1974, not far from where his bust is placed.

The initiative for his bust was taken by the London Socialist-Democratic Movement of Cyprus (ΕΔΕΚ/EDEK). The unveiling took place on August 30^th 1985.

On the pedestal is written: “Anyway we will resist them; No matter who they are, no matter how powerful they are” (Πάντως εμείς θα τους αντισταθούμε. Όποιοι και νάναι, όσο δυνατοί και νάναι).

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.2, document October 29, 1984.

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Dionysios Solomos (Διονύσιος Σολωμός) bust

Artist: Ioannis Notaras

Location: Dionysios Solomos square, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: 3.50 meters approx.

Category: Public Figures, Union (énosis), Public art before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Solomos (1798-1857) is regarded as the national Greek poet. His poems are constantly referring to the aspired freedom of the enslaved Greek nation and to the Greek War of Independence (1821). One of his poems, the “Hymn to Liberty” written in 1823 became the Greek national anthem in 1865. Solomos is considered as the Cypriot national poet, too, as, officially since 1966 Cyprus shares the same national anthem with Greece.

The initiative for the bust was taken by the Hellenic Intellectual Association of Cyprus (ΕΠΟΚ/EPOK), which coordinated the fundraising. The bust was placed at Ipirou square, on one of the entrances to the old city of Nicosia, and the unveiling took place on June 20^th 1954. Over the years and because of the monument’s presence, the square became known as Solomos square. On November 4^th 2011 the square underwent an extensive renovation and was officially renamed as Solomos square.

The bust is standing on a tall slender, fluted column, upon a round basis. In front of it and on dark marble panels inserted in the pavement, are engraved Solomos’ verses.

The timing of the unveiling, at the very beginning of the official EOKA struggle, created an opportunity for national fervor in support of the énosis (union) ideology.

Selected sources:
~ Ελευθερία (Eleftheria), March 12, 1954, p. 2.
~ Έθνος (Ethnos), May 7, 1952, p. 2.
~ Έθνος (Ethnos), April 1, 1954, p. 2.
~ Έθνος (Ethnos), April 15, 1954, p. 1.
~ Έθνος (Ethnos), June 22, 1954, p. 1.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), October 12, 2011.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.18, document October 29, 2008; Meeting Minutes, November 4, 2008.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.19, Meeting Minutes February 19, 2009.
~ Matthopoulou, Evangelia. 2012. «Μνημεία, Προτομές και Ανδριάντες στο Δήμο Λευκωσίας» (“Monuments, busts and statues in Nicosia Municipality”), Φιλολογική Κύπρος 2009-2011 (Philoloyiki Kypros 2009-2011), Nicosia: Hellenic Intellectual Association of Cyprus.

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Dimosthenis Mitsis (Δημοσθένης Μιτσής) bust

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Dimosthenis Mitsis Building courtyard, Archbishop Makarios III Avenue, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Bronze

Category: Public Figures

Photography Evangelia Matthopoulou

Dimosthenis Mitsis was the founder and major benefactor of the Mitsi Lethymno School. The school was founded in 1912. The initiative for the bust was taken by the Mitsi School board on the occasion of 90 years since the establishment of the school. The unveiling took place on May 21^st 2003.

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Dimitris Lipertis (Δημήτρης Λιπέρτης) bust

Artist: Andreas Savvides

Location: Chrysalliniotissa Municipal Garden, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Copper

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Dimitris Lipertis was a Cypriot poet. The initiative for the bust was taken by the Hellenic Intellectual Association of Cyprus (ΕΠΟΚ/ΕPΟΚ) who coordinated the fundraising. The unveiling took place on April 21^st 1963.

Selected sources:
~ Αγών (Agon), December 16, 1961, p. 8.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), January 11, 1962, p. 5.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), April 6, 1963, p. 5.
~ Matthopoulou, Evangelia. 2012. «Μνημεία, Προτομές και Ανδριάντες στο Δήμο Λευκωσίας» (“Monuments, busts and statues in Nicosia Municipality”), Φιλολογική Κύπρος 2009-2011 (Philoloyiki Kypros 2009-2011), Nicosia: Hellenic Intellectual Association of Cyprus.

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Vladimiros Kafkaridis (Βλαδίμηρος Καυκαρίδης) bust

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Municipality Garden of Peace, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Dimensions: 178 cm x 40 cm x 40 cm

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Vladimiros Kafkaridis was a Cypriot actor. The initiative for the bust was taken by an ad hoc private committee for the memorial, which coordinated the fundraising. The unveiling took place on November 5^th 1993.

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), October 19, 1993, p. 8.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.8, document May 17, 1993.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.9, document September 9, 1993.

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Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) bust

Artist: Unknown

Location: Saint Savvas church yard, old city of Nicosia. Nicosia district.

Dimensions: 165 cm (+17 cm the pedestal) x 59 cm x 59 cm

Category: Cypriot Church, EOKA 1955-59, Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The bust was commissioned by the church committee of Saint Savvas. On the basis, in front of the bust is written: “We do not forget our enslaved villages and towns. We do not forget our enslaved land on which our altars and homes are built and in them our parents and ancestors are buried” (Δεν ξεχνούμε τα σκλαβωμένα χωριά και τις πόλεις μας. Δεν ξεχνούμε τους σκλαβωμένους τόπους που πάνω τους είναι κτισμένοι οι βωμοί και οι εστίες μας και μέσα τους είναι θαμμένοι οι γονιοί και οι πρόγονοί μας).

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Antonios Theodotou (Αντώνιος Θεοδότου) bust

Artist: Unknown

Location: Agios Antonios elementary school, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: 193 cm x 59 cm x 51 cm

Category: Public Figures, Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Antonios Theodotou was a doctor and one of the major benefactors of Nicosia’s schools. The initiative for the bust was taken by the Nicosia Schools Board. The unveiling took place on January 30^th 1936.

Selected sources:
~ Φωνή της Κύπρου (Foni tis Kyprou), March 24, 1934, p. 2.

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Andis Pernaris (Άντης Περνάρης) bust

Artist: Nikos Dymiotis

Location: Nehru Avenue, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Bronze

Dimensions: 137 cm x 52 cm x 34 cm

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Andis Pernaris was a poet, a journalist and a teacher. His real name was Andreas Pavlidis. His bust is aimed at promoting his identity as a poet. For this reason on the pedestal are engraved four verses commenting the fame after death and the importance of noble deeds.

The initiative for the bust was taken in 1985 by Pernaris’ sister, Dimitra Pavlidou, who commissioned the bust, and Nikos Panayiotou, officer of the Ministry of Culture. The unveiling took place on January 22^nd 1986.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.1, documents June 27, 1984; August 22, 1984.
~ Matthopoulou, Evangelia. 2012. «Μνημεία, Προτομές και Ανδριάντες στο Δήμο Λευκωσίας» (“Monuments, busts and statues in Nicosia Municipality”), Φιλολογική Κύπρος 2009-2011 (Philoloyiki Kypros 2009-2011), Nicosia: Hellenic Intellectual Association of Cyprus.

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Kostas Montis (Κώστας Μόντης) and Marios Tokas (Μάριος Τόκας) busts

Artist: Giorgos Mavroyenis

Location: Stasinou Avenue, Photos Photiades Business Building, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 143 cm x 43 cm x 44 cm

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for both busts was taken by Photos Photiades Scientific and Cultural Institution who coordinated the fundraising. Kostas Montis was a renowned Cypriot poet. The unveiling of his bust took place on July 30^th 2007. The composer Marios Tokas, with Cypriot origins from Limassol, lived in Greece where he had a significant presence since the end of the 1970s. Tokas became very popular through his work with renowned Cypriot and Greek poets. The unveiling of his bust took place two years later, on September 16^th 2009.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/9, document June 9, 2005.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.17, document April 27, 2004.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.19, document March 10, 2009; March 20, 2009; August 25, 2009.

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Memorial to Sophia Vempo (Σοφία Βέμπω)

Artist: Andreas Savvides

Location: Chrysaliniotissa Municipal Garden, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Polyester Resim, marble

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Sofia Vembo was the Greek singer whose songs accompanied the battles of Greeks at the Albanian front during the Second World War. Her voice is regarded as emblematic in contemporary Greece. Placed only a few meters from the Green Line in the old Nicosia city, her presence acquires a clear political symbolic meaning, and becomes a reminder to ethnic duties.

The initiative for the memorial was taken by Petros Stylianou, Andreas Petasis, Photos Photiades and was funded by Carlsberg company. The unveiling took place on May 30^th 1980.

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Memorial to Rodion and Miltiadis Georgiadis (Ροδίων και Μιλτιάδης Γεωργιάδης)

Artist: Nikos Dymiotis

Location: Pankyprio high school, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: 2.5 meters

Category: War Volunteers

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Rodion and Miltiadis Georgiadis were volunteers during the Second World War. The initiative for the memorial was taken in 1973 by the Hellenic Intellectual Association of Cyprus (ΕΠΟΚ/EPOK) which also coordinated the fundraising. The unveiling took place on March 24^th 1974.

“Pankyprio Gymnasium” (Pan Cypriot) was founded by Archbishop Kyprianos in 1812 and is the oldest high school in Cyprus. Its initial name (until 1896) was “Greek School”.

Selected sources:
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), June 19, 1969, p. 4.

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Memorial to the “Pankyprio Gymnasium” dead students

Artist: Nikos Dymiotis

Location: Pankyprio high school, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken in 1964 by the Pankyprio (Pan Cypriot) high school teachers’ 1959 association. The cost was covered through the Pankyprio students’ contributions. The unveiling took place on April 3^rd 1965.

“Pankyprio Gymnasium” was founded by Archbishop Kyprianos in 1812 and is the oldest high school in Cyprus. Its initial name was “Greek School” until 1896, and had always been the reference point of the union (énosis) ideology.

The memorial dedicated to the high school’s dead students can be considered as the epitome of that ideology in aesthetic terms. The commemorative stele imitates the funeral reliefs at the ancient cemetery of Keramikos, in Athens. Three figures participate in the scene. An archaic female winged figure, symbolic representation of glory, motherland, or victory holds a laurel wreath, ready to place it on the head of the young boy. Her iconic archaic facial features, the headdress, the long carefully draped chiton and the stylized, stiff posture of the body in full frontal creates a sharp contrast with the mother and the son. Both of them are depicted in profile; they wear their ordinary clothes and their gestures lack, comparatively, in ritual conventionality.

The rather aged woman behind the young boy maintains an ambiguous identity: she seems to be his mother, but the broken chain on her right wrist implies also the enslaved motherland.

Cypriot women are depicted in public art in their prevailing identity as mothers. They are wrapped up in the same heavy, peasant clothes and usually hold the dual identity of mother and motherland: At the Aradippou (Larnaka district) memorial to the Cypriot Mother the central figure bears many similarities to the Pankyprio woman, including the broken chains which she holds. Both visual depictions and oral narrations in Cyprus intentionally preserve this ambiguity, exacerbating the emotional charge and rendering malleable their concepts: Women dignify their own existence and the role of motherhood by giving birth to future fighters and heroes and by willingly teaching them the sacrificial duty. Vice versa the fighters defend their motherland in the same way the will protect and defend the honor and safety of their mothers and families.

On the base of the commemorative stele an inscription summarizes the visual narration: “To those who heroically fought for their motherland during the Greek nation struggles. This memorial commemorates the young students of the Pankyprion high school who willingly sacrificed their own life for freedom” («Τοις εν τοις απελευθερωτικοις αγωσι του Ελληνικού Έθνους υπέρ πατρίδος ηρωϊκώς αγωνισαμένοις νέοις εν τω Παγκυπρίω Γυμνασίω μαθητεύσασι και ασμένως υπέρ της ελευθερίας την ζωήν αυτών θυσιάσασι τοδε το μνημείο αφιερούται)

Selected sources:
~ Αγών (Agon), April 4, 1965, p. 1, 8.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), March 30, 1965, p. 1.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), April 5, 1959, p. 1.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), April 8, 1959, p. 1.

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Liberty Monument

Artist: Nikolaos Kotziamanis

Location: Agios Pavlos church, Agios Pavlos area, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Dimensions: 2.70 meters

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59, Turkish Invasion, Ancient Greek and Byzantine legacy

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken in 1992 by the “Markos Drakos” association and initially it was dedicated to all dead and missing from Agios Pavlos and Agios Dometios areas. In 1996 a decision was taken for a liberty statue to complete the commemoration. Donators of the statue, among others, have been the Archbishopric of Cyprus, Agios Dometios Municipality, Agios Dometios Cooperative Savings Bank, the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Ministry of Interior Affairs, and Kykkos Monastery. The unveiling took place on May 2^nd 1999.

Goddess Athena stands motionless on her pedestal. A strong neck supports her head, and her facial traits (identical to those of Koili village bust, Pafos district) appear more masculine than feminine, despite her long hair and the female hidden curves emerging beneath the heavy long chiton. In spite of using the most well-known hallmark of the goddess Athena (her helmet) the statue is explicitly identified as Liberty. In addition to that, the placement of the laurel wreath on Athena’s helmet is not a familiar aesthetic formulation or visual symbolism for the goddess, but a direct way to highlight her subsequent association with heroic endeavor. An embossed letter K on her shield allows further connotations and associations.

The inscription on the low pedestal under her feet declares explicitly the devotion of the fighters to motherland: “Using our soul as a shield we safeguard the Greek soil, faithful to the oath for the motherland” (Με την ασπίδα της ψυχής μας εδώ φυλάγομε το ελληνικό μας χώμα πιστοί στον όρκο της πατρίδας). A saying of Odysseus Elytis on the right hand side of the pedestal elaborates the previous inscription “We believed in our steps. We experienced our steps. We called our steps worthy” (Πιστέψαμε στα βήματά μας / ζήσαμε τα βήματά μας / είπαμε τα βήματά μας άξια).

Selected sources:
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/14, documents October 27, 1995; March 20, 1996; November 20, 1996; November 25, 1996.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/19, document March 31, 1999.

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Memorial to Michalakis Karaolis (Μιχαλάκης Καραολής)

Artist: Thanasis Minopoulos

Location: Dimostheni Severi Avenue, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 4.5 meters in total height (2.30 meters the statues + 2.20 the wall)

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken early in 1967 by the Pan Cypriot Guild of Civil Servants (ΠΑΣΥΔΥ/PASYDY) which called an artistic competition in 1967 and coordinated the fundraising. The unveiling took place on October 28^th 1967.

The memorial consists of a commemorative marble wall divided in three parts. The central part is protruding and, on the top it bears the sculpted complex of three young men, almost teenagers by their looks. The standing young fighter is holding his gun and his motion conveys the intensity of the action. The other two are arranged in a way which is reminiscent of Michelangelo’s Pieta with the difference being that the female figure of mother or motherland, common in war memorials, is substituted by a co-fighter or fellow civilian. The almost nude dead emphasize the vulnerability of the wounded body and the ephemeral life. At the same time, the triangular arrangement of the figures underlines furthers the antithesis between the living and the dead, and culminates the tension which accumulates to the standing youngster. The impression of the realistic snapshot is invoked by the random expressions on their faces, the variety of the gestures and their emotional postures.

Below the sculpted synthesis, a brass bas relief with Karaolis’ portrait in a medal is inserted on the wall. Next to it, an inscription notes: “Martyr in the name of Freedom and Greece / memory attributed immortality to you by placing you on this pedestal / You show to our children the way of honor” (Της λευτεριάς και της Ελλάδας πρωτομάρτυρα / η μνήμη αθάνατο σ ανάστησε στο βάθρο τούτο / το δρόμο της τιμής να δείχνης στα παιδιά μας).

The central part of the memorial is flanked by two wider marble surfaces on which two bas reliefs illustrate, respectively, the sufferings of the enslaved Cypriots and the struggle of the fighters for freedom.

Selected sources:
~ Μάχη (Mahi), April 18, 1962, p. 6.
~ Πατρίς (Patris), September 9, 1967, p. 3.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), January 7, 1965, p. 5.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), February 24, 1965, p. 1, 5.

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Monument to the Working Class Heroes

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: 29 Archermou Street, Pan Cypriot Federation of Labour (PEO) premises, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Category: Workers’ movement

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the monument was taken by the Pan Cypriot Federation of Labour (PEO). The unveiling took place on November 3rd 1991.

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Memorial to the EOKA 1955-59 struggle (Liberty Monument)

Artist: Ioannis Notaras

Location: Nikiforos Phokas street, Podocataro Bastion, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Bronze, Pentelic marble

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Makarios III took the decision for the monument in 1957 when, during his time in Athens after his exile in Seychelles, he came to know the sculptor Ioannis Notaras. After the Zurich-London treaty was signed in 1959, the commission was officially placed.

The works for the memorial started in 1961 in Athens. By 1966 the fourteen statues were ready and in 1967 they were cast in bronze in Florence, Italy. They were shipped to Cyprus and kept in the Archbishopric premises. The location for the monument, across the headquarters of the Archbishopric and only meters away from the Green Line of partition, was decided in 1967 after the sculptor visited Nicosia. The whole construction was concluded in July 1974, a few days prior to the 1974 Coup and the Turkish Invasion. For this reason an official unveiling never took place. In 1987 the Cypriot Parliament officially renamed the “Liberty Monument” to “Memorial to EOKA struggle”.

The monument is composed on consecutive levels of platforms and forms a triangular synthesis where the main volume of the narration evolves at the base, around the mausoleum or prison. The idea of freedom, personified in the prevailing archaic figure in the upper part of the monument, is materialized through the EOKA fighters in the middle part, and gives its fruition, freedom, in the bottom part.

Liberty’s figure is depicted according to the distinct classic aesthetics, in its fluidity of volumes and refinement of gestures. She stands still and imperious on a high pedestal on the top of the construction. She holds part of her pleated himation around her left forearm, while pointing towards the sky with her right arm, thus constituting a sharp antithesis with the narrative realistic figures at the base. Liberty’s chiton and himation, along with her headdress, evoke direct connotations with the Greek primordial cultural traditions, whilst the ordinary clothing and features of the peasants below her bridge the past with the ephemeral present. These statues depict representative types of the Cypriot society. The priest, the teacher, the mother, the daughter, the EOKA fighters describe in a snapshot the aspirations of the Cypriot society. The white marble of the construction underlines further the concepts of spiritual purity and eternity, as do the contrasts between Liberty’s expressionless, idealistic face and the faces of the ordinary Cypriots which are sealed with traces of malaise.

According to the initial models, the figures of Makarios III and Georgios Grivas were making part of the lower part of the composition. This arrangement seems to have changed in 1965 and two bronze amphora were planned to take their places. According to Notaras’ letter in October 1965 “the prevailing figure shows with her finger the way to union and gazes towards it. In addition, the two EOKA fighters who lift the iron door of the prison open widely the path that leads to Union and Freedom”. According to other sources the gesture of her hand insinuates the faith to God.

Selected sources:
~ Αγών (Agon), June 28, 1972, p. 1.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), August 28, 1968, p. 3.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): E11/545, documents September 6, 1965; September 13, 1965; October 10, 1965.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/2, document November 10, 1972.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/4, June 8, 1984.
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.2009.10, document May 12, 2009; Meeting Minutes May 7, 2009.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 0672 06-7/1 to 06-7/3, Γ.21/77/1, doc. no110.

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Memorial to the 3rd Company of 211 Infantry Battalion (211 ΤΠ) dead and missing

Artist: Nikos Kouroussis

Location: Saint Varvara church, Kaimakli area, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Granite and stainless steel

Dimensions: 2.20 meters x 50 cm x 50 cm

Category: Turkish Invasion, Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken by the association of the 3^rd Company of 211 Infantry Battalion and the unveiling took place on April 9^th 2011.

In contrast to the norm Kouroussis chose an abstract, but symbolic, form for the commemoration. The spiral arrangement of the granite layers adds motion and lightness to the column. Spiral motives throughout civilizations and art history have very distinct and shared symbolisms: The upward, coil motion symbolizes evolution, continuity, the power of life and the concept of endless time. On the other hand, in this case, the end form alludes to the DNA graphic pattern which is a very concrete symbol of biological evolution in time. Shedding all superficial, narrative and destructive visual elements which usually accompany memorials and war memorials in particular, Kouroussis captured the power and the essence of time, life and memory in a simple and minimal form.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/10, documents September 11, 2005; October 7, 2005.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/12, Meeting Minutes June 15, 2006.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.17 document June 6, 2006; Meeting Minutes June 15, 2006.

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The Resolution

Artist: Theodoulos Gregoriou

Location: Border crossing on Ledras pedestrian, Nicosia. Nicosia district.

Material: Cement and aluminum

Dimensions: 4.20 meters the diameter x 6 meters in height

Category: Turkish Invasion, Modern sculpture

Photography: Adrienne Christiansen & Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the artwork was taken in 1992 by the Nicosia Municipality. The Ministry of Education and Culture ran a competition in April and May 1995. Theodoulos Gregoriou won and his work was donated to the Nicosia Municipality by the Cultural Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture on the occasion of the European Cultural Month.

In October 1995 the artwork was placed in front of the National Guard border crossing post at the end of Ledras street. Gregoriou’ work is only meters before the Green Line that divides Nicosia since 1963.

“The Resolution” is a protest to the violation of human rights. On the round cement basis of approximately a meter in height, part of the text of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is written in embossed Greek letters. A stack of steel lances diagonally arranged hit the center of the text, symbolically destroying it.

Theodoulos Gregoriou is a renowned contemporary artist with important presence in the international art scene. Because of the proximity to the crossing point his choice was based on the thought that the artwork should insinuate its meaning rather than aggressively state it. His aim was to capture the attention of those passing and engage them in a thought process.

Selected sources:
~ Αλήθεια (Alithia), March 29, 1995, p. 2.
~ Αλήθεια (Alithia), October 10, 1995, p. 2.
~ Μάχη (Mahi), August 20, 1995, p. 17.
~ Σημερινή (Simerini), July 19, 1995, p. 4.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), October 11, 1995, p. 19.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.8, document December 30, 1992.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.18, document July 17, 2008.

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The shot blasting

Artist: Aristidis Patsoglou

Location: Embassy of Greece building, Lord Byron Avenue, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The statue was donated to the Greek ambassador in Cyprus by the sculptor Aristidis Patsoglou, and was sponsored by the Greek Bank and Efthyvoulos Paraskevaidis. It was placed in 2005.

Keywords:

The poet

Artist: Costas Varotsos

Location: Ammochostos Gate, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Iron and glass

Dimensions: 6 meters

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The sculpture was donated by Deste Foundation of Contemporary Art to the city of Nicosia. The president of Deste Foundation, Dakis Ioannou, a Cypriot in origin, is a very well known art collector of contemporary art worldwide.

The “Poet” was made by Costas Varotsos in 1983, and in 1985 it was placed at Ammochostos Gate, the eastern entrance to the old city close to the Green Line.

Costas Varotsos, one of the most renowned Greek sculptors of his generation, used glass in order to capture the power of motion, and virtually expand the poet’s presence in the public space. Glass is a characteristic material of Varotsos’ work but the “Poet” was the first work he attempted of this scale. His second attempt was in 1988 when he constructed the “Runner”, located in front of Hilton Hotel and the National Gallery in Athens.

The attempts to locate the “Poet” sculpture at “Ohi” (Όχι, No) square in the old city of Nicosia did not come to fruition. Consequently the artwork was moved and placed in the Ammochostos bastion gardens, a rather isolated and disproportionate spot compared with the Poet’s size and importance.

Selected sources:
~ Πολίτης (Politis), July 7, 2002, p. 2.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.12, documents December 6, 2001; January 15, 2002; February 15, 2002; March 26, 2002.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.17, document October 7, 2004.

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Monument to Goddess Athena

Artist: Unknown

Location: Egeos Avenue, Pallouriotissa Lyceum, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 2.35 meters

Category: International relations, Ancient Greek & Byzantine legacy

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The statue is an exact copy of Efranoras’, student of Phidias, work of 340-330 B.C. The original Athena goddess of Efranoras is exhibited in Piraeus Archeological Museum, Athens.

The statue was donated by the Municipality of Athens to the Municipality of Nicosia. The unveiling took place on October 7^th 2002.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.12, documents May 30, 2002; July 1, 2002; July 2, 2002; July 25, 2002.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.13, documents September 10, 2002; September 13, 2002; September 25, 2002.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.14, document October 8, 2002.

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Markos Drakos (Μάρκος Δράκος) statue

Artist: Andreas Savvides

Location: Markos Drakos square, opposite the Paphos Gate, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 2.10 meters (the statue)

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59, Workers’ movement

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken in 1962 by the Cypriot Workers Confederation (SEK) who coordinated the fundraising. The unveiling took place on October 28^th 1962. The 28^th of October is a National holiday for Greece, known also as the “Ohi” (Όχι, No) day, and commemorates the start of the World War II for Greece, when it rejected the Benito Mussolini’ ultimatum demanding access to Greek territory.

Markos Drakos was an active member of the Workers Confederation and a fervent EOKA fighter. On the marble pedestal is written the familiar dictum: “freedom requires morals and boldness” (Θέλει αρετήν και τόλμην η ελευθερία). A year later, in December 1963 a bomb was thrown by unknown citizens and caused extensive damage to the monument. Possibly during the restoration works the statue was placed on its pedestal in a changed orientation, overlooking the southeast part of the city.

Selected sources:
~ Αλήθεια (Alithia), October 29, 1962, p. 1, 6.
~ Θάρρος (Tharos), October 29, 1962, p. 6.
~ Μάχη (Mahi), October 28, 1962, p. 1, 8.
~ Μάχη (Mahi), December 6, 1963, p. 6.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), July 28, 1971, p. 2.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), December 5, 1963, p. 1, 6.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), September 6, 1961, p. 6.
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.2009.10, document April 16, 2009; Meeting Minutes May 7, 2009.
~ Matthopoulou, Evangelia. 2012. «Μνημεία, Προτομές και Ανδριάντες στο Δήμο Λευκωσίας» (“Monuments, busts and statues in Nicosia Municipality”), Φιλολογική Κύπρος 2009-2011 (Philoloyiki Kypros 2009-2011), Nicosia: Hellenic Intellectual Association of Cyprus.

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Kostis Palamas (Κωστής Παλαμάς) bust

Artist: Vasos Falireas

Location: Museum Avenue, next to the Nicosia Municipal Theatre, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Copper

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Kostis Palamas (1859-1943) is ranked among the most prominent Greek poets of the late 19^th century and the beginning of the 20^th century. EPOK’s initiative was in array with its ideology and activities that encourage the promotion and cementing of Greek, ancient and contemporary, culture in Cyprus.

Τhe initiative for the monument was taken in 1972 by the Hellenic Intellectual Association of Cyprus (EΠOK/EPOK). The unveiling took place on February 27^th 1974. The work was commissioned to the Greek sculptor Vasos Falireas by Makarios III. Falireas made an identical monument in marble for the Athens Municipality Cultural Center and the unveiling took place on March 7^th 1975.

Selected sources:
~ Αγών (Agon), February 23, 1974, p. 1.
~ Τα Νέα (Ta Nea), March 1, 1974.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), February 28, 1974, p. 1, 8.
~ Matthopoulou, Evangelia. 2012. «Μνημεία, Προτομές και Ανδριάντες στο Δήμο Λευκωσίας» (“Monuments, busts and statues in Nicosia Municipality”), Φιλολογική Κύπρος 2009-2011 (Philoloyiki Kypros 2009-2011), Nicosia: Hellenic Intellectual Association of Cyprus.

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Iakovos Patatsos (Ιάκωβος Πατάτσος) statue

Artist: Christos Symeonidis Chrisimos

Location: Stasinou Avenue, Elenio elementary school, Nicosia. Nicosia district

Material: Bronze

Dimensions: 190 cm

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative was taken by an ad hoc committee for the memorial which coordinated the fundraising. The statue was placed outside the elementary school he attended, and the unveiling took place on April 24^th 1996. The date was scheduled to coincide with the 40^th anniversary of his arrest, on April 24^th 1956.

Patatsos is also known as “The struggle’s saint” because of his devotion to religion and to spiritual matters. An inscription in byzantine style letters attests this image of him. For that reason he is symbolically depicted holding a book with a cross. The base is designed on two levels which seek to give the impression of relaxed motion, although, according to the sculptor, he is depicted the exact moment he goes to the gallows. The construction with the cubes and the doves, symbols of peace and/or victory, and the Holy Spirit, followed some time after the original unveiling. A second inscription on the wall behind him commemorates the names of the nine fighters who were hanged in Nicosia central prison.

Selected sources:
~ Μάχη (Mahi), April 3, 1996, p. 3.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), January 5, 1994, p. 19.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), March 16, 1995, p. 15.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/12, document December 17, 1993; Meetings Minutes May 24, 1994; July 25, 1994.
~Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/13, document April 19, 1995.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.8, document October 29, 1992.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.10, document February 22, 1996.

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Limassol My Love “Loulis”

Artist: Philippos Yiapanis

Location: 28^th October Avenue, Limassol. Limassol district

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The artwork was made and placed in 2009.

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Dionysos

Artist: Unknown

Location: Irini and Argyros Drousiotis street, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Marble

Category: Ancient Greek & Byzantine legacy, Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

No information is available for this sculpture, except that it was placed in 1910. It is probable that Limassol Municipality commissioned it.

Selected sources:
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Cupid

Artist: Unknown

Location: Anastasi Sikouri and Gladstone streets, Limassol, Limassol district

Material: Marble

Category: Ancient Greek & Byzantine legacy, Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

No information is available for this sculpture. It is probable that Limassol Municipality commissioned it and was placed around 1910, along with Dionysus sculpture.

Selected sources:
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Nikolaos P. Lanitis (Νικόλαος Π. Λανίτης) statue

Artist: Antonis Sohos

Location: Lanitio high scool, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Marble

Category: Public Figures, Public sculpture before 1960

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Nikolaos Lanitis (1872-1952) funded the new premises of Lanitio high school in 1945 and 1948. The initiative for his bust was taken by the Limassol Greek School Supervision. The unveiling took place on December 1^st 1957.

Selected sources:
~ Παρατηρητής (Paratiritis), December 5, 1957, p. 6.
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Grigoris Afxentiou (Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου) statue

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Grigoris Afxentiou square, Anexartisias Avenue, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Brass

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The first decision for a statue dedicated to Grigoris Afxentiou was taken in 1961. At that time a decision was taken to also name the square where the statue would be placed after him. In 1967 an artistic competition was called and Andreas Savvidis’ concept was promoted as the most complete and complying with the requests. However, that work never came into fruition.

A second initiative for the memorial was taken in 1989 by the Pan Cypriot National-Popular Liberation Front (ΠΕΑΜ/PEAM). The statue was delivered by Spanos during the same year, but the unveiling took place seven years later, on February 25^th 1996.

Selected sources:
~ Ελευθερία (Eleftheria), September 10, 1961, p. 1.
~ Μάχη (Mahi), September 3, 1961, p. 1.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), March 30, 1990, p. 9.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), November 1, 1967, p. 4.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), Jun 22, 1968, p. 5.
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Georgios Grivas (Γεώργιος Γρίβας) statue

Artist: Theodoulos Theodoulou

Location: Georgios Griva Digenis Avenue, Limassol. Limassol district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 2.42 meters

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Georgios Grivas’ statue is located in the yard of his hideout, which is now a memorial place. The initiative for the statue, which is identical to that of the “Monument to Memory and Honor” at Chlorakas made by the same sculptor, was commissioned by the General Georgios Grivas Digenis Foundation in Athens and its branch in Cyprus. It was supported through extensive fundraising. The unveiling took place on January 27^th 2002 to coincide with the commemoration of his death.

Because of Georgios Grivas’ (known mostly as Grivas Digenis) disagreements with President Archbishop Makarios III after 1960 and especially before his death in the beginning of the 1970s, the initiatives to create a memorial caused ongoing conflicts and confrontations among political parties and local authorities until the unveiling of the statue in 2002.

Selected sources
~ Θάρρος (Tharos), July 7, 1980, p. 8.
~ Πολίτης (Politis), June 5, 2004.
~ Σημερινή (Simerini), March 27, 1985, p. 4.
~ Σημερινή (Simerini), September 25, 1985, p. 3
~ Σημερινή (Simerini), March 15, 1986, p. 2.
~ Σημερινή (Simerini), June 3, 1986, p. 14.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), January 27, 1997, p. 3.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), January 28, 1997, p. 4.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), January 29, 1997, p. 7.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), January 30, 1997, p. 5, 10.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), May 17, 1997, p. 16.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), August 8, 1997, p. 20.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), February 13, 2002.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λεμεσού (Limassol Municipality Archive), 15.3.01.

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Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue

Artist: Nikolaos Kotziamanis

Location: Archbishop Makarios III Avenue, Limassol. Limassol district

Category: Cypriot Church, Public Figures, ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

In 2002, an ad hoc private committee was in place coordinating negotiations with the authorities with regard to a memorial dedicated to Makarios III. After a period of five years, in 2007 the Pan Cypriot Association of Democratic Partisans took the initiative to bring the project to fruition. The unveiling took place on August 2^nd 2007 on the occasion of 30 years since his death.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λεμεσού (Limassol Municipality Archive), 15.3.01, documents May 24, 2007; July 5, 2002; March 8, 2007; July 25, 2007.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/13, documents January 31, 2007; May 18, 2007; June 12, 207; June 15, 2007; July 2, 2007.

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Memorial to Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’)

Artist: Andreas Savvides

Location: First Limassol Technical School, Limassol. Limassol district

Category: Cypriot Church, Public Figures, ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

An initiative to commemorate Archbishop Makarios III was taken by the Technical School Professors’ Association in 1977, the year of his death. A stele with his portrait in bas relief was placed in 1978 inside the school yard.

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), August 30, 1977, p. 1.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), march 2, 1995, p. 3.
~ Savvidis Christakis, Περιδιαβάζοντας τη Λεμεσό (Strolling around Limassol). Limassol Municipality: 1991.

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Fifty doves

Artist: 50 Cypriot artists

Location: Limassol Medieval Castle, Richardou & Berengarias St. Limassol district.

Material: Mixed materials

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Vicky Karaiskou

The project “50 doves” was commissioned by the Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts (E.KA.TE) and the Limassol Municipality celebrating the 50^th anniversary of the Democracy of Cyprus. It was part of the broader cultural events organized by the Press and Information Office. The project made part of the exhibition entitled “Reading the Castle’s history through contemporary works” and was curated by Dr Nantia Anaxagorou.

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Theodosis Pieridis (Θεοδόσης Πιερίδης) bust

Artist: Christos Symeonidis Chrisimos

Location: Kostas Misiaoulis Street, Tseri. Nicosia district

Dimensions: 141 cm x 44 cm x 34 cm

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Theodosis Pieridis was a poet. The initiative for the bust was taken in 2006 and the unveiling took place on June 17^th 2007.

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Epaminondas Epaminonda (Επαμεινώνδας Επαμεινώνδα) bust

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Nikos Kazantzakis Street, Tseri. Nicosia district.

Dimensions: 131 cm (+24 cm the steps) x 50 cm x 50 cm

Category: Turkish Invasion

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken in 2003.

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Memorial to the Latsia dead and missing

Artist: Maro Bartzili

Location: Latsia Town Hall, Yiannos Kranidiotis Avenue. Nicosia district

Dimensions: 3 meters x 5 meters

Material: Brass

Category: Inter-communal conflicts 1963-64, Turkish Invasion, Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative was taken by Latsia COOP Bank in early 2009 and the unveiling took place on December 20^th 2009. The memorial is dedicated to those who died during the 1963-64 inter-communal conflicts and the Turkish invasion, and to the 1974 missing.

According to the art competition call: “The artist is required to express the concepts of heroism and the sacrificial spirit of the dead. At the same time an explicit hint to the missing needs to be obvious along with the hope for their return”.

The wining artist Maro Bartzili proposed a modern synthesis where the distinct geometric elements balance with the human figure in a way that “intense lyricism and softness, motion and immobility coexist”.

According to her proposal, the monument will invoke “the sacrifice, the strength and courage, along with the hero’s serenity confronting death or captivity [..] On the left hand side two figures, a female and a male, emerge from the material, symbolize the sacrifice, the loss and the wailing for the dead and missing […] The flower like shape they form is reminiscent of the bud that blooms, in the same way sacrifices come into fruition. In this way the two figures symbolize hope, too. The figure on the right hand side makes part of the geometric construction, becomes leverage, the driving force for all the claims for our missing people and their return”.

The vertical geometric surface bears the names of the dead and missing and functions as a commemorative stele, too. The whole construction uses the wall of the Town Hall as a theatrical backdrop and, unlike most memorials, is placed lower than the ground level in a way that suggests emersion.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λατσιών (Latsia Municipality Archive), no 75.14:1/2, documents April 22, 2009; March 15, 2010; July 9, 2010.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λατσιών (Latsia Municipality Archive), no 75.14:1/1, documents January 15, 2004; April 11, 2007; July 22, 2008; Meeting minutes July 21, 2008.

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Memorial to the dead and missing

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Artist: Vasilis Kattos

Location: Yiannos Kranidiotis Αvenue, Latsia. Nicosia district

Category: Turkish Invasion

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

This memorial could define the epitome of the Cypriot mother’s identity. The memorial brings together the distillate of the national symbols constructing a concise visual narration of the Greek Cypriot identity. A hexagonal marble pedestal mounted on a low base and delimited by an equal number of Doric-like columns carries four massive Cypriot women who share the weight of an extra size bronze torch on their backs. The women, all in typical peasant dresses, struggle under the weight of the torch, striving to balance it and safeguard its flame. The six metopes between the Doric-like columns are decorated with low reliefs capturing iconic images of the Cypriot tragedy: wire fences; dead bodies; symbols of martyrdom; the idealized female figure of victory or motherland embracing the souls of her fighters; wailing women in front of a church; and soldiers at the peak of battle.

Apart from the apparent physical weight the gigantic torch implies, its’ symbolic weight serves as an allegory of heroism and of the sacrifices required in order to ensure the historical continuity and the safety of the homeland. That sacrifice is mirrored on the bodies and faces of these women, and inextricably testifies to their role in the ethno-nationalistic rhetoric.

On the one of the six metopes it is written: “To you who have not died, to you who are not alive, to you who did not get a proper burial, to you whom I wait for” (Σε σένα που δεν πέθανες, σε σένα που δε ζεις, σε σένα που δεν τάφηκες, σε σένα που προσμένω). Below that, on a scroll framed by a laurel wreath there is a second dedication: “Whoever you are… Wherever you are… Whatever you are… You, Mother… Love” (Όποια και να σαι… Όπου και να σαι… Ότι και να σαι, Μάνα εσύ … Αγάπη).

The unveiling took place on July 26^th 1996.

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Alexander the Great (Μέγας Αλέξανδρος) statue

Artist: Vasilis Kattos

Location: Yiannos Kranidiotis Avenue, Latsia. Nicosia district.

Category: Ancient Greek & Byzantine legacy

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The monument was constructed to commemorate Latsia and Kilkis (Greece) Municipalities twining. The unveiling took place on July 30^th 1994.

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Memorial to the Lakatamia dead and missing & Grigoris Afxentiou (Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου) bust

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Archbishop Makarios III Avenue, Lakatamia. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59, Inter-communal conflicts 1963-64, Turkish Invasion

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken by Pano Lakatamia “Grigoris Afxentiou” Democratic union and an ad hoc committee for the memorial who coordinated the fundraising. The unveiling took place on February 16^th 1992.

Grigoris Afxentiou’ bust is situated on a tall pedestal and is flanked by a semi-circular marble wall with the names and the black and white photographs of the dead and missing in a time-span of 20 years, from 1954 till 1974 included.

On the pedestal, under his name is noted his nickname as “The Golden Eagle of Machairas” (Ο Σταυραετός του Μαχαιρά).

Selected sources:
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/8, Meeting Minutes July 18, 1991.

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Memorial to the Kontemenos dead and missing

Artist: Unknown

Location: Spyros Kyprianou Avenue, Lakatamia. Nicosia district

Category: Inter-communal conflicts 1958, Turkish Invasion, Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken by the community of Kontemenos, currently in the occupied area of Cyprus. The unveiling took place on June 12^th 2011.

The falling fighter’s figure, cut in metal plates, imitates the slow motion of a film’s frames. His repeated silhouette composes an eloquent narration which eliminates all the secondary visual items, indispensible and inevitable in a naturalistic composition, thus focusing on the main event: the perishing. The lack of any detail produces an inclusive and symbolic image of actual or metaphorical death. The raised hand alludes to a weapon or, vice-versa, the raised weapon alludes to the familiar spasm of the body that has been shot. This summarizing process adds expressive power to the depicted figure, while the surrounding architecture construction frames it in a plain and clear manner.

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Kyriakos Matsis (Κυριάκος Μάτσης) statue

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Archbishop Makarios III Avenue, Lakatamia. Nicosia district

Category: EOKA 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken in 2008 by Lakatamia National Union “Kyriakos Matsis”. The unveiling took place on October 4^th 2009.

On the wall behind the statue, on the (viewer’s) left hand side, are written his words: “I fight for this land, so those who water it with their sweat can live free, able to claim its ownership and management” (Αγωνίζομαι τη γη αυτή να τη ζουν αυτοί που τη ποτίζουν με τον ιδρώτα τους και να περπατούν πάνω της ελεύθεροι, διαφεντευτές της, κυρίαρχοί της). On the right hand side is noted his answer to Field Marshal Harding: “We do not fight for the money, we fight for the values” (Ου περί χρημάτων τον αγώνα ποιούμεθα αλλά περί αρετής).

Selected sources:
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.2008.9, Meeting Minutes January 31, 2008.

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Memorial to the Geri dead and missing

Artist: Christos Lanitis

Location: Heroes’ square. Geri. Nicosia district

Material: Stone

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59, Inter-communal conflicts 1963-64, Turkish Invasion, Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative was taken by the Board of Geri Community. The symbol on top of the low pedestal with the names of dead and missing imitates a flame, although in rather abstract and condensed forms. The flame is the symbol of the fragile and transient nature of life, but also reminiscent of the existence and the spirit of the deceased. In Greek commemorative monuments, either in public places or in cemeteries, the flame (or a torch) is placed on pedestals or stele, on the tombs or on low platforms along with other symbols implicit of the identity and the deeds of the deceased. In some cases, short dictums, or more rarely a bust of the dead, or a bas relief with his/her portrait make part of the commemorative place.

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Memorial to the Geri EOKA 1955-59 fighters

Artist: Philippos Yiapanis

Location: EOKA 1955-59 Museum, Geri. Nicosia district

Dimensions: 170 cm x 61~70 cm x 61~70 cm

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The museum is dedicated to the Geri EOKA 1955-59 fighters Kyriakos Kolokasis (Κυριάκος Κολοκάσης), Ionas Nikolaou (Ιωνάς Νικολάου) and Kyriakos Kakoulli (Κυριάκος Κακουλής), and bears their names. Their busts are situated outside the museum in a small niche of the yard.

The initiative and the fundraising were undertaken by “Dikefalos” union of Geri, and the Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle (SIMAE). The unveiling took place on August 31^st of 2006.

Selected sources:
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.99.Γ., documents July 13, 2004; April 19, 2007; May 7, 2007; August 11, 2008.
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.2008.9, document January 11, 2008.

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Pavlos Xioutas (Παύλος Ξιούτας) bust

Artist: Unknown

Location: Pavlos Xioutas Park, Engomi. Nicosia district

Dimensions: 130 cm (the pedestal)

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Pavlos Xioutas was a renowned educator. The initiative for the bust was taken by Fotos Fotiadis Institution, and the Engomi Municipality. The unveiling took place on June 28^th 1994.

On the pedestal is written: “Your immortality starts with your death and it will continue to exist as long as people remember your virtues and your deeds in this life” (Από το θάνατό σου αρχίζει η αθανασία σου που θα στέκει όσο οι άνθρωποι θα θυμούνται την αρετή και τα έργα σου στη ζωή).

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), June 29, 1994, p. 3.

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Spyros Kyprianou (Σπύρος Κυπριανού) bust

Artist: Panayiotis Panayi Pasantas

Location: Griva Digeni Avenue and A. Haliou St., Engomi. Nicosia district.

Material: Copper

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Spyros Kyprianou served as the second President of the Republic of Cyprus (1977-1988). In 2004 the Engomi Democratic Party Committee (DIKO) and the Engomi Municipality, commissioned his memorial. The unveiling took place on October 29^th 2007.

On a plaque next to the Bust is written: “My vision and my purpose in life is to see our people live in freedom, to determine the land and manage the future. My vision is to ramble free every inch of my homeland without facing foreign troops, and fear of war ” (Όραμα και σκοπός της ζωής μου είναι να δω το λαό μας ελεύθερο να διαφεντεύει τον τόπο του και να ορίζει το μέλλον του. Όραμά μου είναι να περιδιαβάζω ελεύθερος κάθε σπιθαμή της πατρίδας μου χωρίς την παρουσία ξένων στρατών και το φόβο του πολέμου).

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/10, document November 29, 2005.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/13, document March 14, 2007.

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Nikos Kranidiotis (Νίκος Κρανιδιώτης) bust

Artist: Giorgos Kalakallas

Location: Adjacent to Engomi 1^st elementary school. Nicosia district

Dimensions: 157 cm (the pedestal)

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Nikos Kranidiotis was a diplomat, an educator and a writer. The bust was commissioned in 1998 by the author Andreas Tsouras as an offer to the Kranidiotis’ family. The unveiling took place on January 8^th 2001 and during the same ceremony the Municipality Park was renamed as Nikos Kranidiotis Park.

On the pedestal is written: “We will stand on this land where we were born, keeping alive the memory of our ancestors; with love for our descendants; and a blissful serenity inside us” (Θα σταθούμε στη γη που μας γέννησε με τη μνήμην εκείνων που διάβηκαν, την αγάπη για κείνους που θα’ρθουνε και τη θεία γαλήνη στα σπλάχνα μας).

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), January 9, 2001, p. 4.

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Ioannis Hadjipavlou Ioannides (Ιωάννης Xατζηπαύλου Ιωαννίδης) bust

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Ioannis Hadjipavlou Ioannides Park, Engomi. Nicosia district

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative was taken in 2001 by an ad hoc private committee composed of members of the KARI (Cypriot Fighters Venturesome Leaders) association. KARI was the group of Cypriot university students which Ioannis Hadjipavlou Ioannides had organized in Athens during his time there, after 1931. KARI members became EOKA members in the 1950s.

The unveiling took place on March 31^st 2002. The park, initially named Agia Sofia Park, took his name after the unveiling of the monument.

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), April 16, 2002, p. 6.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), document March 30, 2000.

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Elias Papakyriakou (Ηλίας Παπακυριακού) bust

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Makarios Athletic Center Avenue and Elias Papakyriakou crossroads, Engomi. Nicosia district

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken by a private ad hoc committee under the care of Petros Stylianou, Mayor of Engomi. The unveiling took place in 1996.

On the pedestal is written: “Either I will die fighting or I will live in freedom” (Ή θα πέσω μαχόμενος, ή θα ζήσω ελεύθερος).

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), October 23, 1995, p. 9.

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Evdoras Vasilaras (Εύδωρας Βασιλαράς) bust

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Evdoras Vasilaras Park, Engomi. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: 81 cm (+39 cm the steps) x 83 cm x 83 cm

Category: Turkish Invasion

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken by the Engomi Municipality Committee and the unveiling took place on July 7^th 2010.

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Dimitris Tsamkiranis (Δημήτρης Τσαμκιράνης) bust

Artist: Unknown

Location: Engomi Municipality Park, Acheon and Aeschylou St. Nicosia district

Dimensions: 150 cm (with the pedestal)

Category: Turkish Invasion

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken by the Engomi Municipality. The unveiling took place on October 17^th 1993.

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Charilaos Michail (Χαρίλαος Μιχαήλ) statue

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Griva Digeni Avenue and St. Nicolaos crossroads, Engomi. Nicosia district

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative was taken in 1996 by Petros Stylianou, Mayor of Engomi, the “Free Soloi” (Eleftheroi Soloi) union, and Thasos Sofokleous. The unveiling took place on May 22^nd 1997.

On the pedestal is written the phrase: “We sing and chant and praise God because He made us worthy to die for freedom” (Τραγουδούμε και ψάλουμε και δοξάζουμε το Θεό που μας αξίωσε να πεθάνουμε για την Ελευθερία).

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Stylianos Lenas (Στυλιανός Λένας) statue

Artist: Christos Symeonidis Chrisimos

Location: Crossroads of Eleftheria and Heroon Avenues. Engomi. Nicosia district

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken in 1999 by the ad hoc private committee for Stylianos Lenas memorial. It was funded by The Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle (SIMAE). Although the statue was finished in 2001, the current location was promoted as the most appropriate among others some three years later. Additional time was needed for bureaucratic procedures to clear. The unveiling took place on November 19^th 2007.

Selected sources:
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.94.7, vol. 7, Meetings Minutes March 30, 2004; February 2, 2006; July 6, 2006, September 14 2008, November 16, 2006.
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.2008.9, Meeting Minutes May 13, 2008.

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Polykarpos Pratsis (Πολύκαρπος Πράτσης) statue

Artist: Nikolaos Kotziamanis

Location: Crossroads of Heroon Avenue and Aggelos Terzakis street, Engomi. Nicosia district

Category: Turkish Invasion

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the statue was taken by the Morfou Municipality Committee and the unveiling took place on October 10^th 2009. Although Morfou is in the occupied area, it continues to elect its authorities and function as a community in the free part of Cyprus. The same is valid for all communities and municipalities under occupation.

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Yiannis P. Groutas (Γιάννης Π. Γρούτας) bust

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Dali. Nicosia district

Material: Bronze

Dimensions: 157cm x 44~114 cm x 44~114 cm

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Groutas was the first Mayor of Dali. The initiative for the bust was taken by the Dali Municipality Board. The unveiling took place on October 22^nd 2000.

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Georgios Eikosaris (Γεώργιος Εικοσάρης) bust

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Dali Municipality. Nicosia district

Material: Bronze

Dimensions: 146 cm x 58~78 cm x 48~69 cm

Category: Inter-communal conflicts 1963-64

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken by Georgios Eikosaris’ friends and the unveiling took place in August 2001.

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Vasilis Michaelides (Βασίλης Μιχαηλίδης) bust

Artist: Kyriakos Kallis

Location: Helioupoli Municipality Park, Dali. Nicosia district

Material: Bronze

Dimensions: 146 cm x 58~78cm x 48~69 cm

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Vasilis Michaelides was a poet. The initiative was taken in 2000 by the Dali Municipality Board and the unveiling took place on October 13^th 2011.

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Memorial to the Dali dead and missing

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: Dali Municipality. Nicosia District

Category: Inter-communal conflicts 1963-64, Turkish Invasion

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

An alternative name with which the memorial is known is that of the “Anonymous missing’ Father”. It is dedicated to all dead and missing from 1964 to 1974. The initiative was taken in 2003 by Dali Municipality and the families of the Dali missing. The unveiling took place on November 7^th 2004.

The father is seated on a low platform on a road junction. His loose posture implies the hardships, physical and emotional, he has suffered. On the plaque in front of his feet is written: “Brothers, although missing, you will always be with us. We keep you in our thoughts and in our hearts” (Αδέλφια κι αν χαθήκατε πάντα θα’στε κοντά μας. Σας έχουμε στη σκέψη μας και μέσα στην καρδιά μας).

Behind his back, two stone panels bear the names of the dead and missing. The small bronze bas reliefs in rectangular shape with their portraits carved, are reminiscent of the black and white photographs that accompany Greek Orthodox tombs and a good number of memorials in Cyprus. The same photographs became iconic because of the Cypriot women dressed in black and holding them in their hands during their vigils and protests after 1974, initially asking the release of the imprisoned Greek Cypriot soldiers in the occupied part, and later the return of their remains.

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Demetris Hamatsos (Δημήτρης Χαμάτσος) statue

Artist: Nikolas Pavlopoulos

Location: Dali. Nicosia district

Material: Bronze

Category: Inter-communal conflicts 1963-64

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the statue was taken in 1984 by an ad hoc private committee and Hamatsos’ brother who, at than time, was the head of Dali Community. This initiative was opposed by Dali Municipality committee who wished, instead of promoting one individual, to dedicate a memorial to all the dead fighters from Dali.

The cost for the monument was covered through private fundraising. Τhe unveiling took place on March 23th 1985.

Selected sources:
~ Σημερινή (Simerini), March 22, 1985, p. 3.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), June 1, 1982, p. 3.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), March 24, 1985, p. 10.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), July 31, 2000, p. 10.

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Kyriakos Karaolis (Κυριάκος Καραολής) bust

Artist: Marios Garyfalakis

Location: 1^st and 2^nd elementary school premises, Aglandjia. Nicosia district.

Material: Marble

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken in 1964 by the national association “Olymbos” who coordinated an extensive fundraising. The unveiling took place on November 15^th 1964.

Selected sources:
~ Μάχη (Mahi), October 17, 1962, p. 4.
~ Ιστορικό Αρχείο ΣΙΜΑΕ (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), 17.2009.10, Meeting Minutes October 9, 2008.

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Memorial to the dead Policemen

Artist: George Kyriacou

Location: Police Headquarters, Lemesou Avenue, Aglandjia. Nicosia district

Category: Public Figures, Inter-communal conflicts 1963-64, 1974 Coup, Turkish Invasion, Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial was funded by the Cypriot policemen. It was commissioned in 1968 and was delivered in 1973. The unveiling took place on April 15^th 1973.

According to the art competition call it should depict: “the exacerbation of the sacrificial spirit of the dead Policemen”. According to the artist George Kyriacou “the two gigantic hemispheres assimilate to two gigantic police helmets and constitute the basis of the monument. They balance in a subtle way implying policemen’s difficult task to safeguard and keep in balance the counterweighing social and political forces”.

The same symbolisms are attributed to the vertical brass construction.

Selected sources:
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968, Meeting Minutes December 30, 1969.

Keywords:

Memorial to Evaggelos Florakis (Ευάγγελος Φλωράκης) and the National Guard officers

Artist: Nikos Kouroussis

Location: National Guard Headquarters, Lemesou Avenue, Aglandjia. Nicosia district

Category: National Guard, Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial is dedicated to the five military officers who died on July 10^th 2002 in the Bell 206 helicopter crash at Kouklia, Pafos district. The initiative for the memorial was taken in 2004 by the Committee of Police Officers’ Co-operative Bank of Cyprus. The unveiling took place on July 11^th 2005.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/6, document September 17, 2003; competition call document; Meeting Minutes January 26, 2004.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/7, document February 26, 2004.

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Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue

Artist: Andros Kazamias

Location: Police Headquarters, Lemesou Avenue, Aglandjia. Nicosia district

Material: Stone

Category: Cypriot Church, Public Figures, ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Adrienne Christiansen

The initiative for the statue of Makarios III was taken by the Police Associations and was commissioned in 1985 after a competition call. The cost was covered by fundraising among the Cypriot Police force members. The unveiling took place on June 18^th 1992

Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), March 24, 1985, p. 2.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), January 19, 1992, p. 20.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/4, competition call document; Meetings Minutes June 29, 1984; October 18, 1984.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/6, documents October 13, 2003; July 17, 2003; January 26, 2004.

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Memorial to the Benefactors Alexandra N. Iacovidis (Αλεξάνδρα Ν. Ιακωβίδη) and Nikolaos Iacovidis (Νικόλαος Ιακωβίδης)

Artist: Unknown

Location: Saint Nicholaos church, Aglandjia. Nicosia district

Category: Public Figures, Cypriot Women

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Alexandra and Nikolaos Iakovidis were benefactors. No further information is available.

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Memorial to the Greco-Turkish alliance

Artist: Unknown

Location: Greco-Turkish Alliance Square, Larnakas Avenue, Aglandjia. Nicosia district

Material: Cement and Brick

Category: Inter-communal relations, Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the monument was taken in 1982 by the committee for Aglandjia environmental improvement. Before Aglandjia became a municipality this committee was the only official authority for Aglandjia area. The decision ignited intense reaction from “Kyriakos Karaolis” nationalist association that took it as “an attempt that undermines the fighting spirit and morally enslaves our people […] The timing for such monuments is unrealistic when the biggest part of Aglandjia fields are occupied”. Equally intense were the reactions of the inhabitants, a large part of which are refugees from the occupied areas, commenting: “If they dare go through the ‘Monument of Disgrace’, we will have no choice but to burn it”.

The unveiling took place in 1983.

Selected sources:
~ Σημερινή (Simerini), August 12, 1983, p. 9.

Keywords:

Nikos Nikolaou (Νίκος Νικολάου) bust

Artist: Leonidas Spanos

Location: The University of Cyprus, 75 Kallipoleos Avenue, Aglandjia. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: 120 cm x 57 cm x 48 cm

Category: Turkish Invasion

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative was taken in 2001 by the University of Cyprus Graduates of 1971. The unveiling took place on January 19^th 2003.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/4, document December 5, 2002.

Keywords:

Andreas D. Geroudis (Ανδρέας Δ. Γερούδης) bust

Artist: Aggelos Makridis

Location: The University of Cyprus, 75 Kallipoleos Avenue, Aglandjia. Nicosia district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 130 cm x 42 cm x 41 cm

Category: Inter-communal conflicts 1963-64

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative was taken by the Cyprus Academy of Education and the unveiling took place on June 29^th 1971.

Selected sources:
~ Αγών (Agon), June 30, 1971, p. 1.
~ Academy of Education yearbook 1970-1971.

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Memorial to Fotis Pittas (Φώτης Πίττας)

Artist: Nikos Dymiotis

Location: The University of Cyprus, 75 Kallipoleos Avenue, Aglandjia. Nicosia district

Material: Marble

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative was taken in 1959 by the Cyprus Academy of Education who coordinated the fundraising. The unveiling took place on October 18^th 1961.

The stele depicts an archaic kori crowning Fotis Pittas with a laurel wreath. Judging by the spear she holds on her left hand and although she does not appear with her familiar classic features, we could identify her to Athena, being also the goddess praising heroic endeavour.

Selected sources:
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), September 18, 1959, p. 2.
~ Χαραυγή (Haravgi), October 28, 1959, p. 2.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), October 19, 1961, p. 1.
~ Academy of Education yearbook 1961-1962.

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Material-Time

Artist: Nikos Kouroussis

Location: The University of Cyprus, 75 Kallipoleos Avenue, Aglandjia. Nicosia district

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The artwork is dedicated to Zenon Kitiefs (Ζήνων Κιτιεύς) and was an initiative taken by the first University of Cyprus graduates of 1996. Zinon (334-363 B.C.) was originally from Kition, a village outside Larnaka city and lived in Athens, where he founded the stoic philosophical school. The unveiling took place in June 1996.

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Cypriot Policeman statue

Artist: Nikolaos Kotziamanis

Location: Evaggelou Floraki St., Aglandjia. Nicosia district

Material: Brass

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The statue was donated to the Cypriot Police by the artist Nikolaos Kotziamanis. It is dedicated to all policemen who did their duty serving their fellow citizens. The unveiling took place on October 27^th 2010.

Keywords:

Tseri (Τσέρι)

Memorial to the Cypriot mother and the EOKA 1955-59 fighters

Theodosis Pieridis (Θεοδόσης Πιερίδης) bust

Strovolos (Στρόβολος)

Anelixis (Advancement)

Archbishop Kyprianos (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Κυπριανός) bust

Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) and Georgios Grivas Digenis (Γεώργιος Γρίβας Διγενής) busts

Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) bust

Athina K. Dianellou (Αθηνά Κ. Διανέλλου) and Evgenia A. Theodotou (Ευγενία Α. Θεοδότου) busts

Bishop Ioannis Phoradaris (Ιωάννης Φοραδάρης) and Ioannis Mavridis (Ιωάννης Μαυρίδης) busts

Canon Frank Darvall Newham bust

Charalambos Pettemeridis (Χαράλαμπος Πεττεμερίδης) statue

Kostas Loizou (Κώστας Λοΐζου) bust

Kyriakos Matsis (Κυριάκος Μάτσης) statue

Like a tree

Memorial to Archbishop Kyprianos (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Κυπριανός)

Memorial to the Cyprus Workers Confederation

Memorial to the dead of October 1931 riots

Memorial to the dead of the “Pharos” union

Memorial to the Kythrea dead

Memorial to “The Mother”

Michalakis Karaolis (Μιχαλάκης Καραολής) bust

Nuovo Twist

Olympic Hall Sculptures

Passing Moments

Saint Gregory of Narek (Άγιος Γρηγόριος Ναρεκήνσιος) bust

Untitled

Zareh Aznavorian bust

Nicosia (Λευκωσία)

Andis Pernaris (Άντης Περνάρης) bust

Antonios Theodotou (Αντώνιος Θεοδότου) bust

Archbishop Kyprianos (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Κυπριανός) bust

Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) bust

Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue

Archbishop Sofronios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Σωφρόνιος Γ’) bust

Dimitris Lipertis (Δημήτρης Λιπέρτης) bust

Dimosthenis Mitsis (Δημοσθένης Μιτσής) bust

Dionysios Solomos (Διονύσιος Σολωμός) bust

Doros Loizos (Δώρος Λοΐζος) bust

Efrosyni Proestou (Ευφροσύνη Προεστού) bust

Georgios Xanthos Chr. Tsikouris (Γεώργιος Ξάνθος Χρ. Τσικουρής) bust

Golden Stone

Iakovos Patatsos (Ιάκωβος Πατάτσος) statue

Ioannis Vergopoulos (Ιωάννης Βεργόπουλος) bust

Konstantinos Spyridakis (Κωνσταντίνος Σπυριδάκις) bust

Kostas Montis (Κώστας Μόντης) and Marios Tokas (Μάριος Τόκας) busts

Kostis Palamas (Κωστής Παλαμάς) bust

Liberty Monument

Mahatma Gandhi bust

Markos Drakos (Μάρκος Δράκος) statue

Mausoleum to the Cypriot national martyrs of July 9th 1821

Memorial to Konstantinos Leventis (Κωνσταντίνος Λεβέντης)

Memorial to Michalakis Karaolis (Μιχαλάκης Καραολής)

Memorial to Rodion and Miltiadis Georgiadis (Ροδίων και Μιλτιάδης Γεωργιάδης)

Memorial to Sophia Vempo (Σοφία Βέμπω)

Memorial to the 3rd Company of 211 Infantry Battalion (211 ΤΠ) dead and missing

Memorial to the EOKA 1955-59 struggle (Liberty Monument)

Memorial to the “Pankyprio Gymnasium” dead students

Monument to Goddess Athena

Monument to the Working Class Heroes

Nicosia Symposium

Nikolaos Katalanos (Νικόλαος Καταλάνος) bust

Nikos Kranidiotis (Νίκος Κρανιδιώτης) bust

Ourania Kokkinou (Ουρανία Κοκκίνου) bust

Stavros Stylianidis (Σταύρος Στυλιανίδης) bust

Stelios Mavrommatis (Στέλιος Μαυρομμάτης) bust

The poet

The Resolution

The shot blasting

Themistoklis Dervis (Θεμιστοκλής Δέρβης) bust

Untitled

Vladimiros Kafkaridis (Βλαδίμηρος Καυκαρίδης) bust

Latsia (Λατσιά)

Alexander the Great (Μέγας Αλέξανδρος) statue

Memorial to the dead and missing

Memorial to the Latsia dead and missing

Lakatameia (Λακατάμια)

Kyriakos Matsis (Κυριάκος Μάτσης) statue

Memorial to the Kontemenos dead and missing

Memorial to the Lakatamia dead and missing & Grigoris Afxentiou (Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου) bust

Geri (Γέρι)

Memorial to the Geri dead and missing

Memorial to the Geri EOKA 1955-59 fighters

Engomi (Έγκωμη)

Charilaos Michail (Χαρίλαος Μιχαήλ) statue

Dimitris Tsamkiranis (Δημήτρης Τσαμκιράνης) bust

Elias Papakyriakou (Ηλίας Παπακυριακού) bust

Evdoras Vasilaras (Εύδωρας Βασιλαράς) bust

Ioannis Hadjipavlou Ioannides (Ιωάννης Xατζηπαύλου Ιωαννίδης) bust

Nikos Kranidiotis (Νίκος Κρανιδιώτης) bust

Pavlos Xioutas (Παύλος Ξιούτας) bust

Polykarpos Pratsis (Πολύκαρπος Πράτσης) statue

Spyros Kyprianou (Σπύρος Κυπριανού) bust

Stylianos Lenas (Στυλιανός Λένας) statue

Dali (Δάλι)

Demetris Hamatsos (Δημήτρης Χάματσος) statue

Georgios Eikosaris (Γεώργιος Εικοσάρης) bust

Memorial to the Dali dead and missing

Vasilis Michaelides (Βασίλης Μιχαηλίδης) bust

Yiannis P. Groutas (Γιάννης Π. Γρούτας) bust

Aglandjia (Αγλαντζιά)

Andreas D. Geroudis (Ανδρέας Δ. Γερούδης) bust

Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue

Cypriot Policeman statue

General Evaggelos Florakis (Ευάγγελος Φλωράκης) statue

Hephaestus statue

Kyriakos Karaolis (Κυριάκος Καραολής) bust

Material-Time

Memorial to Evaggelos Florakis (Ευάγγελος Φλωράκης) and the National Guard officers

Memorial to Fotis Pittas (Φώτης Πίττας)

Memorial to the Benefactors Alexandra N. Iacovidis (Αλεξάνδρα Ν. Ιακωβίδη) and Nikolaos Iacovidis (Νικόλαος Ιακωβίδης)

Memorial to the dead Policemen

Memorial to the Greco-Turkish alliance

Nikos Nikolaou (Νίκος Νικολάου) bust

Together

Limassol (Lemesos, Λεμεσός)

Alexander Pushkin bust

Andreas Pantelidis (Ανδρέας Παντελίδης) bust

Andreas Themistokleous (Ανδρέας Θεμιστοκλέους) bust

Andreas Vlamis (Ανδρέας Βλάμης) bust

Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) statue

Argyros I. Drousiotis (Αργυρός Ι. Δρουσιώτης) bust

Christodoulos Sozos (Χριστόδουλος Σώζος) bust

Cupid

Dionysos

Fifty doves

Georgios Grivas (Γεώργιος Γρίβας) statue

Giorgos Katsounotos (Γιώργος Κατσουνωτός) bust

Grigoris Afxentiou (Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου) bust

Grigoris Afxentiou (Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου) statue

Limassol My Love “Loulis”

Limassol Symposia

Memorial to Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’)

Memorial to Solonas Michailidis (Σόλωνας Μιχαηλίδης)

Memorial to the dead sailors 1964-1974

Memorial to the Limassol Balkan Wars dead Cypriots

Memorial to the Limassol dead and resistance

Memorial to the Limassol high school dead students during the Balkan Wars

Memorial to the school generation

Nikolaos Kl. Lanitis (Νικόλαος Κλ. Λανίτης) bust

Nikolaos P. Lanitis (Νικόλαος Π. Λανίτης) statue

Nikos Nikolaidis (Νίκος Νικολαΐδης) bust

Petros Tsiros (Πέτρος Τσίρος) bust

Ploutis Servas (Πλουτής Σέρβας) bust

Solomon Panagidis (Οικονόμος Σολομών Παναγίδης) bust

Stylianos Lenas (Στυλιανός Λένας) bust

The Wheel of History & Planet Earth

Vasilis Michaelidis (Βασίλης Μιχαηλίδης) bust

Viktoras Ioannidis (Βίκτωρας Ιωαννίδης) bust

Agios Dometios (Άγιος Δομέτιος)

Kyriakos Matsis (Κυριάκος Μάτσης) bust

Major General Tasos Markou (Τάσος Μάρκου) statue

Nitsa Chatzigeorgiou (Νίτσα Χατζηγεωργίου) bust

Rainbow – Uplift

Kato Polemidia (Κάτω Πολεμίδια)

1st Symposium

2nd Symposium

The tree of knowledge

2nd Symposium, Kato Polemidia

Agnessa Petrova Ali Al Mahmeed

Andrei V. Balashov Arlindo Arez

Christos Lanitis Miguel Isla

Petre Petrov Xavier Gonzalez

2^nd Symposium

October 10-25, 2009

The second symposium at Kato Polemidia was organized by The Friends of Fine Arts and the Kato Polemidia Municipality. It was funded by the Ministry of Education, the Kato Polemidia Municipality and The Friends of Fine Arts. Ten professional sculptors participated after submitting their proposals to the organizing committee. All of them worked with a piece of at least 2 cubic meters local stone. All the works are titled as “Untitled”.

The participant sculptors were: Agnessa Petrova from Bulgaria, Ali Al Mahmeed from Bahrain, Andrei V. Balashov from Russia, Arlindo Arez from Portugal, Miguel Isla from Spain, Daniel Jones from England, Obai Hattoum from Syria, Xavier Gonzalez from France, Petre Petrov from Bulgaria, Christos Lanitis from Cyprus.

After the conclusion of the symposium the works by Miguel Isla and Christos Lanitis were placed at Kale Vounari location, with the sculptures from the first symposium. The sculptures by Agnessa Petrova, Ali Al Mahmeed, Andrei V. Balashov, Arlindo Arez, Xavier Gonzalez and Petre Petrov (who participated in both symposiums) are placed at a road junction on Pafou Avenue, in the Kato Polemidia town.

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1st Symposium, Kato Polemidia

Antonis Myrodias Colin Figue

Canan Zonmezdagn

Canan Sonmezdag Elio Liiv

Emil Adamec George Moisi

Petre Petrov Sergey Lopukhov

Simona De Lorenzo Stefania Palumbo

1^st Symposium

October 6-18, 2008

The first symposium at Kato Polemidia was organized by the Cyprus Chamber of Fine Arts and Christos Lanitis, who represents the International Association for Monumental Sculpture Events (AIESM). It was funded by the Ministry of Education, the Kato Polemidia Municipality and The Friends of Fine Arts. Ten professional sculptors participated after submitting their proposals to the organizing committee. All of them worked with a piece of at least 2 cubic meters local stone. All the works are titled as “Untitled”.

The participant sculptors were: Colin Figue from England, Emil Adamec from Czech, Sergey Lopukhov from Russia, Elio Liiv from Estonia, Canan Sonmezdag from Turkey, Stefania Palumbo from Italy, Antonis Myrodias from Greece, Simona De Lorenzo from Italy, Petre Petrov from Bulgaria, George Moisi from Cyprus.

After the conclusion of the symposium all the artworks were placed at Kale Vounari location, a hill slope outside Kato Polemidia town. The area is arranged as a public park.

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Mesa Geitonia (Μέσα Γειτονιά)

Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) bust

Liberty Monument – Memorial to Grigoris Afxentiou (Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου)

Twinning

Understanding, Solidarity and Fellowship

Archbishop Makarios III (Αρχιεπίσκοπος Μακάριος Γ’) bust

Artist: Andreas Savvides

Location: Archbishop Makarios III Avenue, in front of Saint Prodromos church, Mesa Geitonia. Limassol district

Material: Marble

Dimensions: 185 cm x 57 cm x 60 cm

Category: Cypriot Church, Public Figures, ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the bust was taken by the Mesa Geitonia national-popular association which coordinated the fundraising. It was placed in 1979.

Selected sources:

~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), October 21, p. 12.

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Understanding, Solidarity and Fellowship

Artist: Philippos Yiapanis

Location: Archbishop Makarios III and Grigoris Afxentiou Avenues, Mesa Geitonia. Limassol district

Category: Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The artwork was commissioned by the Limassol-Amathounta Lions Club.

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Twinning

Artist: Philippos Yiapanis

Location: Triandrias (Triumvirate) square, Mesa Geitonia. Limassol district

Category: Modern sculpture, International relations

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The work was commissioned by the Mesa Geitonia Municipality on the occasion of its twining with Triandrias (Triumvirate) Municipality of Thessaloniki, Greece. The unveiling took place on April 10^th 2009.

Yiapanis’ characteristic fluid shapes are applied here in the forms of two birds. Their naturalistic features gave way to two abstractive forms which underline sameness through the repetition, and preserve the artist’s familiar upwards motion of his artworks.

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Liberty Monument – Memorial to Grigoris Afxentiou (Γρηγόρης Αυξεντίου)

Artist: Philippos Yiapanis

Location: Archbishop Makarios III Avenue, Mesa Geitonia, Limassol district

Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial to Grigoris Afxentiou was commissioned by the Mesa Geitonia Cooperative Bank.

This is the second work of Philipos Yiapanis where the concept of liberty/freedom is symbolized by birds. The first one is the “Freedom message to the world” at Agia Napa, Ammochostos district.

Here the concept is focused on the EOKA fighter Grigoris Afxentiou, the “Golden Eagle of Machairas”, as is evident by the open book where his presumed last words to his co-fighters are noted on the left page, while on the right, the flames insinuate the way he died.

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Memorial to the Germasogeia dead

Artist: Unknown

Location: Agias Paraskevis Avenue, Germasogeia, Limassol district

Category: Turkish Invasion

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial is dedicated to the fighters Trofimos Koulles (Τρόφιμος Κουλλές), Panayiotis Tsaggaris (Παναγιώτης Τσαγγάρης), Sofronios Sofroniou (Σωφρόνιος Σωφρονίου), and Vaggelis Georgiou (Βαγγέλης Γεωργίου). The initiative was taken by the “Anagennisi” association, the Germasogeia Municipality, and the families of the dead. The unveiling took place on July 28^th 2002.

Selected sources:
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/4, Meeting Minutes May 30, 2002.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/13, Meeting Minutes June 15, 1995.

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Lofou (Λόφου)

Ioannis Stavrianos (Ιωάννης Σταυριανός) bust

Ilias Kannaouros/Christofis Christofi (Ηλίας Καννάουρος/Χριστοφής Χριστοφή) statue

Ioannis Stavrianos (Ιωάννης Σταυριανός) bust

Προτομή Ιωάννη Σταυριανού (2)n

Artist: Theodoulos Theodoulou

Location: Old elementary school, Lofou. Limassol district

Material: Brass

Dimensions: 159 cm x 48 cm x 39 cm

Category: War Volunteers

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Ioannis Stavrianos was a volunteer during the Greek War of Independence in 1821. The initiative for the memorial was taken by an ad hoc private committee. On the bottom of the pedestal there is an ossuary with his remnants. The unveiling took place on November 1^st 1998.

Selected sources
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Filelftheros), September 5, 1994, p. 15.
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Filelftheros), October 28, 1998, p. 4.

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