Filenews 6 January 2026 - by Dora Christodoulou
The projects for the conversion of the old Paphos Police Department into a Historical Documentation Center are in full development.
The listed building that until a few years ago housed the central Police Station on central Kennedy Square and the surrounding area that have been converted into a construction site in recent years, are slowly taking shape in their final shape and the thousands of people moving from the most central area of the city are now seeing their redevelopment and conversion projects coming to an end.
The works cost almost €10 million, the project lasts a total of 15 months and includes the renovation of the outdoor areas with an area of 18,000 sq.m. and the maintenance and conversion of the listed building of the former central Police Station, with an area of 950 sq.m. For this purpose, a special museological study was carried out by a team of experts.
With the implementation and operation of the project, an attempt is also made to connect the urban environment with the history of the city, through a walking route that will start from the north of the area under construction where the Armenian Genocide Park is located and a leisurely route with above-ground and ground floor passages in areas with rich vegetation. The visitor will arrive at the urban square north of the building, which will include urban equipment, seating areas and sanitary areas.
From there, the visitor will enter the museum space, through a modern building, where they will learn the history of Paphos from 332 BC to modern times. This tour will be done both through exhibits that are already gathered and through a digital tour.
For almost two years now, following a relevant appeal by the Municipality of Paphos to the citizens who hold written documents for historical landmarks of the city, many documents largely unknown to most people have been gathered at the Center. Information from "F" states that since the publication of the project and the public call of the municipal authority to those who have historical evidence to give them to the institution, a significant number of documents and documents from turbulent periods of the city's history that are characterized as of major importance have already come into the possession of the authorities.
The collection and exhibition of relics from events and periods that were a milestone in the history of Paphos, is a primary pursuit of the inspirers of the project and is already emerging as an aspect for which they have shown strong interest from the citizens and organized groups of Paphos from the first moment.
It is characteristic that the first relevant announcement of the Municipality of Paphos, in which it appealed to the citizens to hand over everything related to the history of the city, was followed by a satisfactory interest of many in the first phase to help, which makes the project the property of civil society before it is even created in substance.
