The Monument of the Liberation Struggle of EOKA 1955-59

IN PRAISE OF FREEDOM Exhibited in the hall’s basement is the monumental painting In Praise of Freedom cre- ated by the Cypriot artist Andreas Makariou, in which the EOKA Struggle is portrayed as the culmination of all the struggles which Cyprus has waged for its freedom through the ages. Art historian Chrysanthos Chrysanthou wrote the following about this work, which comprises 15 large frames: “This important monumental work of Andreas Makariou entitled ‘In Praise of Freedom’ stands out for its wide range of combinations and the richness of its messages. Representative themes and abstract elements, forms of western art and images of Byzantine tradition, traits of mannerism and baroque, schematiza- tion and problematic space are used in expressing all the dimensions of Cypriot history … The historical monumental work by Makarios is a rare work not only for the Greek people but worldwide…” The conquest of Famagusta and the ordeal of Marcantonio Bragadino Maria Synglitiki blows up the galley of Lala Mustafa with the Cypriot slave girls on it. The massacre of 9th July 1821. ∂nglish rule: Nicodemos Mylonas and the revolt of October 1931