Filenews 20 August 2021 - by Dora Christodoulou
The unity of Pafos 2017 "Peri Polis" and its preoccupation with the old and forgotten mansions of Pafos, was one of the programs of the European Capital of Culture that particularly touched the Paphians, to whom it reminded of a glorious past of the city. Almost five years since then, however, efforts are still expected from state and local authorities to revive these most characteristic examples of the past eras of Pafos.
The issue of the development and promotion of the old mansions comes back to the forefront today on the occasion of the intervention of the Mayor of Pafos to the State for the delivery of the Shelley House to the municipal authority for development and the response of the state that it will be used for housing a specific part of the state. Alongside this building, many others are the subject of a campaign in Paphos aimed at speeding up the processes of redevelopment and revival of such historic, albeit private, buildings.
Pafos 2017 had given rise to this aspect of the changes, transferring the people of Pafos to the mansions of the city, opening for the first time in decades the famous Mansion of Loizos Philippou, in the district of Exo Vrisi.
