Project type                                                             Economic Development

Promoter                                                                  Limassol Municipality

Start date                                                                 1998

Site size                                                                     3.000 m²

Website                                                                    www.limassolmunicipal.com.cy

Limassol Municipal Market was built in 1917. As the city expanded, the market increased its surface up to 3,000 sqm in 1947. In the 70’s the market faded due to the new shopping centres and the expansion of the city. The building-block had to be restored to keep one of the samples of public architecture in Limassol, increasing its strength against earthquakes.

The project consists in keeping in the central hall the food sellers of traditional Cypriot products sought by consumers, as well as the producers of vegetables and other kinds of local products selling them directly, by increasing the quality of their stalls and the hygienic issues.

Introduce in the other three halls new activities that would help to revitalize the city centre day and night. These activities were:

• The traditional «kafenio» (coffee shop) and a “Mageiria”, restaurants serving traditional local food and wines
• A Galleria, with shops and workshops of artists and handicrafts producers
• Music stage and a youth centre

Other parts of the project included the creation of a new piazza. Public space with possibilities to organize open-air activities. The project is economically sustainable and pays back its construction cost.

• Renewal of 4 halls of the market
• Creation of new activities and new jobs
• Tourism attraction
• Food hygiene improvements
• New square for public activities
• Economic development
• Improvement of public space
• Enhance local based activities
• Promotion of cultural heritage
• City promotion