Filenews 25 July 2022 - by Dora Christodoulou
It is the birthday of a "celebrity" today in the Municipality of Geroskipou. The famous fountain of the Municipality, the second most famous fountain of the province and possibly of the whole of Cyprus, after the Fountain of Peyiotisson, turns 105 today.
The now centuries-old fountain has been renovated and maintained a few years ago. The neoclassical-style trademark of Geroskipou, adorns the square of the then community and now the municipality since July 25, 1917. The fountain was built by the craftsman of the community Michalis Kontos. It has the shape of a crown and bears the inscription: "Expense of Philokalon Residents of the Holy Garden. July 25 Year 1917".
This fountain covered for many years the water supply needs of the community. In 2004, the Fountain of the Square was declared a "listed building", by decree of the Minister of Interior.
The teacher Andreas Konstantinidis told "F" that the fountain was built in 1917 for the needs of the inhabitants. The women of the village came with the pitchers and filled them for the house. There is also the water pool for animals that was always full of water running from a spring, he points out.
Until 1980, the fountain was the meeting point of the young people of Geroskipou, but also of street vendors who had it as a point of sale of their goods.
