Mouttalos Project

[ApusApus]

During my trip around the Old Market this morning, I stumbled upon the opening ceremony of the Mouttalos Project outside the Mosque Hagia Sophia which was a former Byzantine church. For those unaware, Mouttalos is a village next to the Old Market which used to be home to both TCs & GCs. This Cyprus Mail link provides more information on its history & the role it has been given in the Pafos 2017 cultural programme;

http://www.thecypriotpuzzle.org/buildin ... mouttalos/

First the Mosque

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Attendees including the Mayor

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More attendees

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One of the streets stuck in the Mouttalos time warp

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And finally, one of the Central Square (check out the link) which is still a work-in-progress!

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Shane

[cyprusmax47]

Thank you for updated photos of the area. I hope they don't destroy the square completely as for me it was a very nice typical old Cyprus impression to see the people drinking their morning coffee and playing backgammon together whenever I passed there on my way down to TOTK Lidl. I hope they did not remove the old sycamore trees there...