Preserving the past to build a future - Cyprus Mail: "Preserving the past to build a future
By Stefanos Evripidou Published on May 16, 2010
TRANSCENDING politics is no easy feat on this island, yet a team of “pioneering” villagers, engineers and architects have done just that.
Leaving political persuasion, ethnicity and property rights aside, the former Greek Cypriot residents of Kontea village on the southeastern plains of Mesaoria have spent the last three years collaborating with the current Turkish Cypriot residents to protect and preserve the cultural and natural heritage of a village that captured the hearts of the Crusaders and French Lusignans centuries ago.
This unprecedented collaboration culminates today in a celebration of the completion of the first phase of the project, the opening of the Carob Tree Peace Park which the organisers hope will serve as a meeting place for all Cypriots."