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Nikos Kranidiotis (Νίκος Κρανιδιώτης) bust

Νίκος Κρανιδιώτης (1)n Νίκος Κρανιδιώτης (4)n

Artist: Giorgos Kalakallas 

Location: Adjacent to Engomi 1st 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 8th 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).

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

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Giorgos Nikolaou (Γεώργιος Νικολάου) and Stelios Triteos (Στέλιος Τριταίος) busts

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Artist: Giorgos Kalakallas 

Location: Kato Pyrgos elementary school, Nikolaou Papageorgiou Avenue. Nicosia district.

Dimensions:168 cm  x 58 cm x 32 cm (Triteos bust), 168 cm x 57 cm x 32 cm (Nikolaou bust)

Category: EOKA 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The initiative for the memorial was taken by Eleni Triteou and the SIMAE (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle) and  was supported by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The cost was covered by the SIMAE and through a fundraising coordinated by the families of the dead. The unveiling took place on August 27th 2000.

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Christos Kkelis (Χρίστος Κκέλης) and Georgios Michail (Γιώργος Μιχαήλ) busts

Προτομές Κκέλη και Μιχαήλ (8)n Προτομές Κκέλη και Μιχαήλ (11)n

Προτομές Κκέλη και Μιχαήλ (4)n

Artist: Giorgos Kalakallas 

Location: Adjacent to Kissonerga community playground. Pafos district. 

Dimensions: 75cm  (+53 cm the pedestal) x 65 cm x 65 cm

Category: EOKA 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The busts were commissioned by SIMAE (Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle) and the unveiling of the memorial took place on November 24th 2002.

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~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/20, Meeting Minutes March 13, 2000.

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Michail Nikolaou (Μιχαήλ Νικολάου) bust

Προτομή Μιχαήλ Νικολάου (2)n Προτομή Μιχαήλ Νικολάου (4)n

Artist: Giorgos Kalakallas

Location: Mesogi square. Pafos district. 

Dimensions: 152 cm x 64 cm x 36 cm

Category: EOKA 1955-59

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial was commissioned by SIMAE (Board for the Historical memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), Artemis Pouroulli, the Church Committee, the Community Committee and his co-fighters. The unveiling took place in 1999. 

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Christodoulos G. Polydorou (Χριστόδουλος Γ. Πολυδώρου) statue

Ανδριάντας Χριστόδουλου Γ. Πολυδώρου (1)n

Artist: Giorgos Kalakallas 

Location: Chlorakas Panagia Chryseleousis church yard. Pafos district. 

Dimensions: 2 meters (+ 50 cm the pedestal)

CategoryTurkish Invasion

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The statue was commissioned in 1994 by the private committee for Christodoulos G. Polydorou memorial.

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~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/11, Meeting Minutes June 28, 1993.

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Memorial to the 1964 dead from Pafos

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Artist: Giorgos Kalakallas

Location: Agios Peter and Paul church yard, Ellados Avenue, Pafos Municipality. Pafos district.

Dimensions157 cm x 67 cm x 43~61 cm

Category: Inter-communal conflicts 1963-64

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The memorial was dedicated to Kostas Karnavalos (Κώστας Καρνάβαλος), Andreas Tselepos (Ανδρέας Τσέλεπος) and Vladimiros Irakleous (Βλαδίμηρος Ηρακλέους). An inscription on the nearby plaque mentions: “You found and you drank the immortals’ wine. Thus death brought you life and you will always remain immortals” (Των αθανάτων το κρασί τόβρετε σεις και πίνετε. Ζωή για σας κι ο θάνατος κι αθάνατοι θα μείνετε). It was commissioned by their co-fighters in 1997.

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~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/17, Meeting Minutes May 7, 1998.
~ Αρχείο Δήμου Πάφου (Pafos Municipality Archive) 8.1991, document August 28, 1996; September 19, 1997.

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Paralimni dead and missing heroes’ memorial

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Artist: Giorgos Kalakallas

Location: Paralimni Agios Georgios Park. Ammochostos district. 

Category: EOKA 1955-59, Turkish Invasion, National Guard

Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou

The monument was commissioned by the Paralimni Municipality. It is dedicated to the dead of EOKA 1955-1959 struggles, to the dead and missing of the Turkish invasion and to two more locals who were shot dead in August 1996. It was delivered in 2002 and the unveiling took place on October 12th 2003. 

On the brass lid of the well the poet Kyriakos Charalambidis wrote: “What you look at, stranger, is a memorial to the Paralimni dead who sacrificed their lives in order to feed their souls and irrigate love for their motherland, which offers in return resurrection as a gift” (Αυτό που βλέπεις το πηγάδι, ξένε των Παραλιμνιωτών είναι μνημείο που πρόσφεραν ζωή, ψυχή ν’ αρδέψουν κι έρωτα γης πατρώας, π’ αντιχαρίζει ανάσταση ως βάφει το γαλάζιο). 

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