Limassol is composed of 4 elements, according to cultural historian Prof. Mimis Sofocleous:
- Ochre: because all houses were once painted in this colour;
- The mandolin, which with the guitar, created the music of the Serenaders, the melodies of carnival songs, the sound of the city;
- Commandaria: The smell of Commandaria is the perfume that filled the streets of Limassol for centuries;
- Limassolians: The soul, the city’s wings are those who listen to the city’s call and fill it with their creative spirit.
Cultural historian Prof. Mimis A. Sofocleous is an expert on Limassol; he was among those instrumental in the creation of the city’s University of Technology, as well as for the creation of the Municipal Archives.
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