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Conservation of traditional stone buildings in Cyprus
September 11, 2021
In his autobiographical book, Bitter Lemons of Cyprus, British writer Lawrence Durrell takes the time to meditate about the beauty of the island and how the landscape and architecture were shaped over millennia of invasions and cohabitation with the conquerors. He reflects on the possibility of Cyprus becoming a too familiar place too soon due to its condition of an island but admits that it remains a paradisiac place even for the locals who are aware of the picturesque of their island and know how to sell this image to the tourists.
Even if the country has known an important growth since Durrell was a temporary inhabitant on its land, and now you can see large office buildings and impressive constructions, especially in the big cities, most tourists are attracted by the beautiful stone houses that can still be found in the countryside, especially in the region of Famagusta, where the old practice of dry stone walling can be admired in imposing buildings, some impressively-well conserved and even consolidated.