Artist: Philippos Yiapanis & Phylactis Ierides
Location: “Panayiotis Toumazos” union premises, Episkopi. Limassol district
Dimensions: 135 cm x 104 cm
Category: EOKA 1955-59
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
The initiative for the bust was taken by the “Panayiotis Toumazos” union. It was placed in 1997.
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Artist: Philippos Yiapanis
Location: Kakopetria village entrance. Nicosia district.
Material: Bronze
Dimensions: 172 cm x 75 cm x 55 cm
Category: ΕΟΚΑ 1955-59
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
Toumazos’ bust is an exact copy of his bust at Episkopi (Limassol district). The initiative for this memorial was taken by Kakopetrias’ PAOK (ΠΑΟΚ) athletic union, SIMAE ( Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle) and Kakopetria Community Committee. The unveiling took place on May 29th 2005.
Selected sources:
~ Κρατικό Αρχείο Κύπρου, Αρχείο Πολιτιστικών Υπηρεσιών Υπουργείου Παιδείας & Πολιτισμού (State Archive of Cyprus): 268/1968/9, Meeting Minutes November 29, 1991.
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Artist: George Kyriacou
Location: Area “Saranta-Mili” (40th-Mile), Kakopetria-Troodos road. Nicosia district.
Material: Bronze
Category: EOKA 1955-59, Modern sculpture
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
With the exception of the archaic helmet and the shield, and unlike the commemorative tradition in Cyprus, the figure is depicted in a remarkably abstract way, as an ideogram of all male fighters. However, the visual reference to these two items, secure the respect to the ancestral tradition, balancing the bold aesthetic result of the statue.
The statue was commissioned by SIMAE (Historical Archive of the Board for the Historical Memory of the EOKA 1955-59 struggle), the Kakopetria Community Committee, a private committee for the memorial and the Cypriot Workers Confederation (SEK/ΣΕΚ). The unveiling took place on June 27th 1993.
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