Propylaea of ​​the Iakovio Gymnasium

The Propylaea of ​​Iakovio Gymnasium are located in Paphos, on Griva Digeni Avenue, which is the main road to the historical center of the city, as one enters from the east.

One of the many public neoclassical buildings of this street that is a jewel for the whole of Cyprus, the Propylaea of ​​Iakovio Gymnasium are located in a town planning unit that was one of the first urban formations in Paphos. At this central location on the 28th October square, the complex of the buildings include Archbishop Makarios III Lyceum, Dimitrios Elementary School, Nicolaidio Gymnasium of Paphos, Municipal Library of Paphos and the City Hall (Town Hall of Paphos).

Under the English domination and during a transitional period for Paphos, from a rural community to an urban center, this complex of neoclassical buildings was created by three architects, admirers of neoclassicism, Andreas Hadjidimitriou, Theodore Fotiadis and Andreas Christodoulides. All three worked consecutively in time (from the late 19th to the end of the 20th century), and although the buildings were formed gradually, a uniform architecture was followed in style, in the strong local character, in the simplicity of the structures and the economy in the use of decorative morphological elements.

The Propylaia of Iakovio Gymnasium is the work of Theodoros Fotiadis in 1928-1929 and are located between Dimitrios Elementary School and Nicolaidio Gymnasium of Paphos. It is a Corinthian-style building. It is essentially a canopy held by eight supports, four Corinthian columns on the façade and four pillars with Corinthian capitals at the back of the building.