City of Limassol

183658
Total inhabitants
23499
Demo-area inhabitants
51
City Area
59729
Demo-area surface

MEET THE CITY

Limassol, Cyprus

The city of Lemesos (Limassol) is situated on the southern coast of the island and is the most important coastal city of Cyprus. Lemesos is the second largest population center of the island. Lemesos has a population of approximately 175.000, of which 100.000 are within the Municipality of Lemesos, which is the largest municipality on the island. Lemesos Municipality has a total number of employees of approximately 400.

For the implementation of the project two main sections of the Municipal will be involved. On the one hand the Administrative Department with the European Affairs Office and on the other hand the Technical Department. It worth’s to be mentioned that the in the last decade the Municipality executed projects of more than 50 million Euros.

  • Limassol Municipality is the biggest municipality not only of the urban area of Limassol but also of the whole of Cyprus
  • Average summer temperature is between 22.Celsius degrees and 38.
  • The Municipal Garden of Limassol is the first Municipal Garden of the island established during the British Rule on the island, more than a hundred years ago

GREET THE CITY

Limassol Municipality is one of the five Follower Cities in the framework of the EuPolis Project. As a Follower City (FL), Limassol Municipality will share the mission of making citizens’ lives better, fulfilled, and unballasted by environmental decay, using nature-based solutions for creating a sustainable healthy and pleasant environment, improve water and air quality and revitalize the soil and re-establish urban biodiversity. The city will follow, replicate, and demonstrate the advantages of the Front Runners’ innovations through mentoring and coaching that will be held in Limassol. Their scope will be the mapping of challenges and identification of all needs and preferences for the selected case study, the monitoring, support and contribution with data related to local conditions, optimization measurements, possibilities as well as any gaps that may exist regarding natural solutions. This will be achieved by distributing questionnaires and surveys to the public, thus enabling the whole community to express its opinion on implementations and upgrades which they consider most ideal for the part of the Municipal Garden on the seafront and will consequently motivate them to visit the area more often and spend more time during each visit.

Case Study

Limassol Municipality has chosen Limassol Public Garden as a case study area. The Public Garden of Limassol is located in the city centre (Limassol is located in the southern coast of the island), right in the heart of the city and at the coastal front of Limassol’s touristic area. Its location gives the opportunity of being visited not only by the local people but also by tourists, as it is very accessible, near to many accommodation services and in walking distance from the famous Limassol’s embankment and the pedestrian street.

Limassol Municipality aims to create a green area for the public (locals and tourists) to use it during leisure and exercising time, introducing green paths for motivating the public to walk. The vision is to succeed a transformation of the existing Limassol’s public garden to a garden with all kinds of Cypriot and generally Mediterranean shrubs and herbs, with trees along the way and benches for people to rest after their walk, exercise or even to enjoy their afternoon coffee.

Moreover, Limassol Municipality plans to include the enhancement of public health and well-being by introducing the project of a new botanical garden along the green paths and by constructing small artificial islands with plants. Aquatic plants such as water lilies and other aquatic plants will be placed onto the islands and into the water, while wooden bridges will be built that will connect the artificial islands and be accessible to the public so that people will also be given the opportunity to study the aquatic world. Overall, the aim is to increase the green areas in the Limassol Urban Area and consequently promote sports and activities near the neighborhood so that citizens do not have to drive to other parks or areas of the city for their personal exercise and leisure walking.

The world’s oldest wine label belongs to the Limassol area. ‘Commandaria’ is recognized as the world’s oldest named wine. The Knights Templar settled in an area on the island, in the region of Limassol that they called Commandaria. The sweet red local wine was given the same name.

The Wine Festival is a cultural event organized in Limassol. The Wine Festival in Limassol can be seen, somehow, as a variant, like the revival of worship celebrations in honor of Dionysus, the god of the vine and wine, like Aphrodite, goddess of beauty and love, which were held in antiquity. During these events, people worshiped their gods, but first and foremost cared for their own amusement. The Festival takes place in the Lemesos (Limassol) Municipal Gardens. In 2011, Limassol was awarded the Guinness Record for the world’s biggest wine glass!

Limassol is a home of many world celebs, including Michael Cacoyannis, a Greek Cypriot filmmaker, best known for his 1964 film Zorba the Greek.

In 1191 King Richard I of England (called the Lionheart) departed on the Third Crusade. He passed Cyprus on the way to the Holy Land and he conquered the island where he organized his wedding with the Princess Berengaria of Navarre. This is said to be the only English Royal Wedding that took place outside the Westminster Abbey.

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