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Fotis Pittas (Φώτης Πίττας) bust

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Artist: Unknown

Location: Frenaros cultural center. Ammochostos district.

Material: Marble

Dimensions: 98 cm (122 cm including the step) x 43~57 cm x 36~51 cm

Category: EOKA 1955-59 

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial was commissioned by the Cypriot Organisation of Greek Teachers (ΠΟΕΔ/ POED) and the Frenaros Community. The unveiling of the monument took place on February 26th 1961.

Selected sources:
~Νέοι Καιροί (Nei Keri), February 27, 1961, p. 1.
~ Αρχείο Συμβουλευτικής Επιτροπής Μνημείων Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (Advisory Monuments’ Committee) 14.3.01/12, document May 25, 2006.

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Memorial to the dead and missing

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Artist: Unknown 

Location: Frenaros community center. Ammochostos district. 

Category: Turkish Invasion 

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial is dedicated to the dead fighters Dimitris A. Vrakas (Δημήτρης Α. Βρακάς) and Nikos K. Ttofi (Νίκος Κ. Ττοφή), and to the 1974 missing.

Selected sources: 
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών ΥπουργείουΠαιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/13, document June 15, 1995.
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών ΥπουργείουΠαιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/14, documents September 26, 1996; September 30, 1996; Meeting Minutes November 7, 1996.

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Fotis Pittas (Φώτης Πίττας) statue

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Artist: Leonidas Spanos 

Location: Frenaros lyceum. Ammochostos district. 

Category: EOKA 1955-59 

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial was commissioned by the Frenaros lyceum parents’ union and the Fotis Pittas’ Kokkinochoria lyceum school committee. It was funded mainly by SIMAE (Board of the Historical Memory of the EOKA Struggle 1955-59). The statue was delivered in 2006 and the unveiling of the monument took place in 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, documents December 22, 2005; January 23, 2006; May 25, 2006; June 20, 2006; Meeting Minutes January 12, 2006.

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