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THE LATINS OF CYPRUS 25 The Latin community has the following monuments: • In the courtyard of the church of Our Lady of Graces in Larnaka there is the marble bust of the church’s architect, father Serafino da Roccascalegna (1892). • In front of the entrance to Saint Joseph’s Convent in Larnaka there is a cast iron fountain (1895), while within the convent there is a commemorative marble plaque (1994), both in memory of nun/nurse Sophie Chambon. • At Saint Joseph’s Convent in Larnaka there are built-in marble plaques in memory of doctor Joseph- Irénée Foblant and nuns/nurses Philomène Praques, Victoire Teyssonnières and Anastasie Forbet (1971). All four of them offered their medical and spiritual services to every patient who needed them enthusiastically, conscientiously and selflessly. • In the courtyard of the church of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary in occupied Kyrenia there is a stone memorial (1941), which was erected by the Polish refugees who found shelter in Cyprus during World War II. • Overhanging from the top floor of Saint Joseph’s School in Nicosia there is the marble statue of Saint Joseph with the Christ (1956). • In front of the entrance to Saint Mary’s School in Limassol there is the marble statue of Saint Francis of Assisi (1965). l A nun is standing next to the monument erected in Larnaka in memory of sister Sophie Chambon (1847-1894). Monuments