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ARCHITECTURAL
AND LANDSCAPING DEPARTMENT
Aims of the Department:
1. to contribute to the conservation of the architectural heritage
of Cyprus through the work of a team consisting of the Archaeologist and
Art Historian, the Architect Conservator, the Conservator of Art Works
and other specialists as required.
2. to consider monuments globally within their history, the context
of their enviroment and with respect to their interior furnishings.
3. to keep plans, drawings, historic information, written and photographic
documentation for every project (see ARCHIVES & LIBRARY).
4. to offer consultancies for the design of houses, churches and
iconostases according to the island's historic, environmental and artistic
traditions.
5. to landscape gardens around historic monuments and old houses
with rockeries according to regional and local tradition on the island
without use of cement. The trees, bushes and plants are chosen from within
the Cypriot and larger mediterranean palette and character
and, in the case of ecclesiastical milieux, the emphasis is given
to aromatic herbs.
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