Artist: Christos Symeonidis Chrisimos
Location: 2nd Paralimni elementary school. Ammochostos district.
Category: Turkish Invasion
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
The memorial was commissioned by Adamou Koumis family and is dedicated to the missing Theodoros Koumis.
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Artist: Christos Symeonidis Chrisimos
Location: 1st Paralimni elementary school. Ammochostos district.
Material: Marble
Category:Turkish Invasion
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
The memorial was commissioned by Markou Glykenou family and is dedicated to the missing officer Symeon Glykenos.
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Artist: Theodoulos Theodoulou
Location: Paralimni lyceum. Ammochostos district.
Material: Brass
Dimensions: 124 cm x 51~67 cm x 40~47 cm
Category: EOKA 1955-59
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
The bust was commissioned by the Karpasia Coordinating Committee, the Corporation “Free United Karpasia”, the Rizokarpaso folk association, the Corporation “The Rizokarpason”, and the “Karpasia” Juniors’ Athletic Union of Rizokarpaso. It was funded by Ammochostos’ and Paralimni Lions’ clubs.
The unveiling of the monument took place on March 7th 1999. On the pedestal, the inscription notes: “Petrakis Zaharia Yallouros [..] wanted to live in freedom. He was killed by British soldiers on February 7th 1956”.
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Artist: Leonidas Spanos
Location: 21st Paralimni Marine Scouts Association premises. Ammochostos district.
Material: Marble
Dimensions: 128 cm x 68 cm x 48 cm
Category: Turkish Invasion
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
The construction of the bust was commissioned by the 21st Paralimni Marine Scouts Association. The unveiling of the monument took place in 1995.
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Artist: Christos Symeonidis Chrisimos
Location: Paralimni Square. Ammochostos district.
Category: Cypriot women
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
The monument was commissioned by the Paralimni Municipality. It was delivered in 2011 and was situated in Agios Georgios Park, creating a unified whole with the preexisting – since 2003 – dead and missing heroes’ memorial.
A statement on the low pedestal underscores Cypriot women’s predominant duties and identity: She is “a busy bee, a field worker, a life pillar and mother of the Cypriot heroes” (Πολύβουη μέλισσα, της γης εργάτισσα, της ζωής στυλοβάτισσα, ηρώων μάνα Κυπριώτισσα).
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Artist: Chr. Askotis and L. Seryiou (Χρ. Ασκώτης και Λ. Σεργίου)
Location: Paralimni Agios Dimitrios church. Ammochostos district.
Category: Turkish Invasion
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
The construction of the monument followed a decision of Agios Dimitrios church Committee. It is dedicated to the dead and the listed as missing of Paralimni. According to the nearby marble inscription, they sacrificed their lives “longing for their motherland’s freedom and peace”. The memorial was delivered in 2007.
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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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Artist: Seryis Seryiou
Location: Paralimni lyceum. Ammochostos district.
Material: Stone
Dimension: 125 cm x 52~69 cm x 42~50 cm
Category: Turkish Invasion
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
Seryis Seryiou was a teacher at Paralimni lyceum and a self-taught sculptor. The decision for the monument was taken by the school’s board. The necessary funds were raised among the “Friends of the Paralimni schools”, the Cooperative Bank of Paralimni and the Cypriot police force. The unveiling took place in 1999.
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Artist: Nikolaos Chr. Kotziamanis
Location: Paralimni Square. Ammochostos district.
Category: Turkish Invasion
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
The memorial was commissioned by the Paralimni Municipality. The unveiling took place on December 7th 2008.
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