Artist: Unknown
Location: Pafos Archdiocese, Pafos Municipality. Pafos district.
Material: Marble
Dimensions: 122 cm x 71 cm x 41 cm
Category: Cypriot Church, Public Figures, EOKA 1955-59
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
The bust was commissioned in 1982-1983 during the prettification of the Archdiocese yard.
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Artist: Nikolaos Kotziamanis
Location: Crossroads of Kaniggos and Stasinou streets, Nicosia. Nicosia district
Material: Bronze
Category: Public Figures, Political assassinations
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
Doros Loizos was a poet and an active member of EDEK (ΕΔΕΚ) political party. He was murdered right after the coup, on August 30, 1974, not far from where his bust is placed.
The initiative for his bust was taken by the London Socialist-Democratic Movement of Cyprus (ΕΔΕΚ/EDEK). The unveiling took place on August 30th 1985.
On the pedestal is written: “Anyway we will resist them; No matter who they are, no matter how powerful they are” (Πάντως εμείς θα τους αντισταθούμε. Όποιοι και νάναι, όσο δυνατοί και νάναι).
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~ Αρχείο Δήμου Λευκωσίας (Nicosia Municipality Archive), 06-7.2, document October 29, 1984.
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Artist: Unknown
Location: Pavlos Xioutas Park, Engomi. Nicosia district
Dimensions: 130 cm (the pedestal)
Category: Public Figures
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
Pavlos Xioutas was a renowned educator. The initiative for the bust was taken by Fotos Fotiadis Institution, and the Engomi Municipality. The unveiling took place on June 28th 1994.
On the pedestal is written: “Your immortality starts with your death and it will continue to exist as long as people remember your virtues and your deeds in this life” (Από το θάνατό σου αρχίζει η αθανασία σου που θα στέκει όσο οι άνθρωποι θα θυμούνται την αρετή και τα έργα σου στη ζωή).
Selected sources:
~ Φιλελεύθερος (Fileleftheros), June 29, 1994, p. 3.
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Artist: Andreas Savvides
Location: Polis Chrysochou high school. Pafos district.
Material: Marble
Dimensions: 183 cm x 43 cm
Category: Cypriot Church, Public Figures, EOKA 1955-59
Photography: Evangelia Matthopoulou
The bust was commissioned in 1978 by the teachers’ association and the committee of high school student councils. It was exhibited at a Pan Cypriot Art Exhibition which took place in January 1979 and was dedicated to Makarios III.
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