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Michail Georgiou (Μιχαήλ Γεωργίου) bust

Προτομή Μιχαήλ Γεωργίου (1)n

Προτομή Μιχαήλ Γεωργίου (5) n

Artist: Andreas Savvides 

Location: Athienou elementary school yard. Larnaka district 

Dimensions: 195 cm x 45 cm x 30 cm

Category: Public Figures

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

Athienou School Board took the initiative for the construction of the bust. The memorial was funded by the local church committee. The unveiling took place on June 2nd 1984. Georgiou was a renowned Cypriot benefactor.

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Artemis Frantzeskou (Αρτέμης Φραντζέσκου) and Toumazos Toumazou (Τουμάζος Τουμάζου) busts

Artemis Frantzeskou n Toumazos Toumazou n   Artemis Frantzeskou                                       Toumazos Toumazou

Προτομές Αρτέμου Φραντζέσκου και Τουμάζου Τουμάζου (1)n

Artist: Philippos Yiapanis 

Location: “Konstantinio” Municipality Park, Athienou village. Larnaka district. 

Material: Bronze 

Dimensions: 113 cm x 48 cm x 48 cm

Category: EOKA 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The busts were commissioned by the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle (SIMAE), the Athienou Cooperative Bank, and the Athienou EOKA 1955-59 fighters. The unveiling took place on February 10th 2008. 

Selected sources:
~Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/6, documents October 20, 2003; November 3, 2003; December 9, 2003; December 16, 2003.
~Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/8, documents November 5, 2004; December 2, 2004. 
~Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/13, document August 1, 2006. 

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Kostas Misiaoulis (Κώστας Μισιαούλης) and Dervis Ali Kavazoglu (Ντερβίς Αλί Καβάζογλου) busts

Dervis Ali Kavazoglu n Kostas Misiaoulis n
Dervis Ali Kavazoglou                                        Kostas Miaoulis 

Προτομές Ντερβίς Αλί Καβάζογλου και Κώστα Μισιαούλη n

Artist: Leonidas Spanos 

Location: Athenou-Larnaka road, at the entrance of the village. Larnaka district. 

Material: Bronze 

Dimensions: 145 cm x 103 cm x 21~103 cm

Category: Inter-communal relations, Political Assassinations, Turkish Cypriots

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial was commissioned in 1996 by the Athienou popular unions and the cost was covered through fundraising. On the ground in front of the two busts is written: “Passer, remember that here fascists murdered the heroic martyrs of Greek Turkish friendship on April 11th 1965” (Εσύ διαβάτη που περνάς να θυμάσαι, εδώ δολοφονήθηκαν στις 11-4-1965 οι ηρωομάρτυρες της ελληνοτουρκικής φιλίας από τον φασισμό).

The unveiling took place on April 6th 1997.

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~Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), October 7, 1996, p. 6.

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Memorial to the Athienou dead

Μνημείο πεσόντων κατά τους εθνικούς αγώνες (1)n

Μνημείο πεσόντων κατά τους εθνικούς αγώνες (5)n Μνημείο πεσόντων κατά τους εθνικούς αγώνες (6)n

Artist: George Kyriacou 

Location: Panagia Chryseleousa church yard, Athienou village. Larnaka district. 

Material: Bronze 

Category: EOKA 1955-59, Modern sculpture

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial was constructed after an initiative by Major Panayiotis Koumenis between 1970 and 1984. No further information regarding dates is available. The names of the dead are carved on the marble pedestal. What differentiates this memorial from the vast majority of commemorative locations in Cyprus is the modern, abstract sculpted form on the top of the pedestal, where usually national symbols or allegoric features, such as the victory or liberty, are usually placed. Nevertheless the pedestal per se, and furthermore its height, implies respect and authority, underlines the ‘distance’ between the viewers and the object in vision, and obliges them to raise their heads in order to take a close look. 

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