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Streetart Map Limassol – Graffiti Tracker & Urban Art Collection

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Streetart Map Nicosia – Graffiti in the divided Capital

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Graffiti Writer, Muralist and Festival Organizer – PAPARAZZI

In recent years more and more color has been coming to the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean. The artist Achilleas Michaelides, better known as PAPARAZZI, just kept on creating one fantastic artwork after the other. He is playing an important role in the development of the local scene and the passionate inventor builds up communities, hosts festivals, connects artists and runs his own studio in Larnaka.

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Tattoo Artist MIKEY BOY and the RISE ‘N’ SHINE studio

The tattoo artist MIKEY BOY from Cyprus runs together with his colleague MAXI ESPINO the tattoo studio RISE ‘N’ SHINE in the coastal city of Limassol. The two look back on many years of experience in the field of body decoration and have already tattooed all over the world. In 2013, they finally opened their own colorful premises on Dimitri Liberti Street.

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Colorful upcycling fashion from Limassol – The Sour Sisters Project

We live in a throwaway society, yes, but you can do something about that. Clothing in particular is discarded far too quickly, even though you could still do very interesting things with it. But often there is simply a lack of ideas. That’s what the sisters CRISPI and KAT from Limassol thought and started their creative upcycling venture: The SOUR SISTERS PROJECT!

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The Rise Streetart Hotel in Larnaka – Mural Magic

If you stay in Larnaka you should definitely choose the RISE STREETART HOTEL at Kimonos 1. The whole building is painted with awesome murals from the outside, as well each room is colourfully designed in an individual theme. On the new roof top bar they integrated a huge can styled artwork for Montana. So for both, the spray paint company and as well Toni Montana from Scarface.

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Abandoned SODAP Wine Factory Limassol – Urbex & Lost Place Graffiti

In the west of Limassol near the old harbor is the abandoned wine factory “Synergatikos Organismos Diathesis Ambelourgikon Proionton” or SODAP for short. The industrial complex was built in 1947 and produced wine and the traditional Cypriot pomace brandy Zivania for many years. Meanwhile the 38,827 square meter site is an ideal location for urban art and the huge halls provide a lot of space from the outside, but also offer a special mystical and unique atmosphere inside.

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Ayia Napa Mural Festival – High scale artworks in paradise

The first Ayia Napa Streetart Festival took place in 2012 and was launched by local creative master PAPARAZZI. In the years that followed, other editions of the event took place and there will certainly be some more grandiose editions coming in the future. Check out the great artworks from the previous jams.

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Ayia Napa Graffiti Garages – House of Youth and Cultural Ensembles

The large parking garage at Archibishop Makarios III Street number 15 near the city center has served as a spray-painting site for many years and is home to some great graffiti. Especially during the many events of the Ayia Napa Street Art Festival, interesting works of art have been created here time and again. On September 9th in 2023, part of the building was inaugurated by the municipality as the “House of Youth and Cultural Ensembles” and has since officially been a meeting place for creative projects with children and young people, so there will certainly many more works follow in the future.

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Scuplture Park Ayia Napa – Astonishing Artworks on an 20.000 m² area

Besides the wonderful beaches and the extensive night live, the town of Ayia Napa offers also some culture stuff and fabulous sculptured artworks on an 20.000 m² area. The Sculpture Park in Ayia Napa was built in 2014 and every year they organize a Symposium where sculptor artists from all around the world can participate. That means the park is growing every year with some new fantastic objects. We tried to document nearly all of them.

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Ayia Napa – Monuments and Statues

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Ayia Napa – Comic Characters, Sculpture Art and Funny Figures

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Ayia Napa – Architecture, Theme Buildings and Street

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Streetart Ayia Napa – Northern Area – Hill Side

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Streetart Ayia Napa – Southern Area – Beach Side

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Streetart Ayia Napa – Artworks around the Party Area

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Streetart Larnaka – Harbour Hall of Fame – Fantastic Graffiti Collection

Between the Port of Larnaka and the Larnaka Marina is alongside the coast a huge unpaved parking lot. It’s more of a gravel course. The walls around that parking place are completely covered with awesome graffiti artworks. It’s kind of a Hall of Fame with numerous pieces and also an historic archive. You can find great creations from over ten years ago. Here are the collected urban artworks from that spot.

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Streetart Larnaka – Around Grigori Afxentiou – Graffiti Collection

Grigori Afxentiou is a bigger street going from west to east leading from Larnaka center to the beach. Here are the collected urban artworks around that area.

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Streetart Larnaka – Around the Medieval Fort – Graffiti Collection

The Larnaka Medieval Fort is located close to the beach on the northern part of the neighbourhood Skala. Here are the collected urban artworks around that area.

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Streetart Larnaka – Around the Touzla Mosque – Graffiti Collection

The Touzla Mosque is located on the street Chamit Bei in the middle north part of Larnaka. Around this area are not that many graffiti or urban artworks, but still there are and you can find something here and there if you search for it and keep your eyes open. There are some beautiful artworks at the recommendable fish restaurant ΨΑΡΟΤΑΒΕΡΝΑ ΚΩΜΑ ΤΟΥ ΓΙΑΛΟΥ, as well some bombings and time by time a proper graffiti. Here is what we found in a photo collection.

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Larnaka – Lost Place Graffiti and Urbex Collection

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Larnaka – Architecture, Buildings and Monuments

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Larnaka – Historic and Modern Statues – Sculptural Art Collection

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Nicosia – Ethnological Museum – House of Hadjigeorgakis Kornesiso

The House of Hadjigeorgakis Kornesisois is located at Patriarchou Grigoriou 20 near the Archbishopric in the neighbourhood of Saint Antonios. It was the area where the rich Greek used to live and the mansion is the most important example of urban architecture of the last century of Ottoman rule that survived in old Nicosia. It is quite interesting and worth a visit, the entrance is free.

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Nicosia Graffiti Garages – Two underground levels filled with colors

Inconspicuous in the northeast quarter on the Greek side of Nicosia, along the Green Line with all the partly abandoned houses, but also mechanic workshops and small alternative creative places. Between a school and a sports field, there is an underground car park which is hardly visible from the outside unless you walk past it on the street. It’s a real paradise for graffiti and urban art, a treasure trove of artworks, some of which were made over ten years ago.

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Streetart Nicosia – Around the Archbishop’s Palace – Graffiti Collection

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Streetart Nicosia – Around the Southern Old Town – Graffiti Collection

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Streetart Nicosia – Chrysaliniotissa District – Graffiti Collection

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Streetart Nicosia – Around Stasinou – Mural Hot Spot

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Streetart Nicosia – Famagusta District – Graffiti Collection

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Streetart Nicosia – Around Digeni Akrita – Graffiti Collection

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Streetart Nicosia – Esperidon District – Graffiti Collection

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Streetart Nicosia – Tophane District – Graffiti Collection

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Streetart Nicosia – City Center – Graffiti Collection

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Streetart Nicosia – Around Spyrou Kyprianou – Graffiti Collection

The Blob Graff was a graffiti store and a place where regularly workshops were held. You can see the fantastic results and also the remains of it in the backyard. The place does not exist anymore, soon the other part of the building will get renewed. Some of the great artworks on the walls around still remain, but maybe not for long as well. Still here in our archive you can check out the photos from that place and the area around Spyrou Kyprianou.

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Streetart Nicosia – Iplikpazari District – Graffiti Collection

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Streetart Nicosia – Karamanzade District – Graffiti Collection

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Streetart Nicosia – Selimiye District – Graffiti Collection

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Northern Nicosia – Architecture, Historic Buildings and Street Life

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Southern Nicosia – Modern Architecture and Creative Building Design

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Southern Nicosia – Historic Architecture, Magnificent Churches and Ancient Monuments

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Southern Nicosia – Statues, Sculptures and Memorials – Historic and Modern

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Divided Nicosia – The Green Line – Border Area and United Nations Buffer Zone

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Kyrenia – Girne – Urban Art in the northern coast town

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Southern Nicosia – Statues, Sculptures and Memorials – Historic and Modern

Kyrenia in the north of the island of Cyprus, or Girne as it has been named since the Turkish occupation, is a beautiful coastal town with an interesting historic port facility. The place is also very popular as a yacht place and boat dock. There are a few guesthouses around the port, but they are on a smaller scale. Luckily there are no high skyscrapers or hotel complexes here, they are just outside in the form of huge casino-hotel complexes.

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