Geroskipou Sculpture Park
Published 14th of October, 2017
As part of Pafo2017, a new Sculpture Park was commissioned in Geroskipou. Inspired by local history, legends and traditions, ten Cypriot and foreign sculptors have created on-site works drawing on the history of the area and, in this way, leaving behind them the traces of the European Capital of Culture. That's what the blurb says anyway. So what are they like?
The Park
Your first task will be to locate the park.If you head out of Paphos via the Debenhams's Roundabout, you will come to the main square. There is a left turn just before the TT Bar. Take that, and you will come to the park just before the old base. There is a nice mural on the side of the old base, which will feature in our next blog. But for now, just park up and have a wander.
Great Head of Aphrodite
By Olaf Klepzig (Germany)
An Enigmatic Smile?
Inner Vision
By Giorgos Moisi (Cyprus)
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