An iconic building at Limassol’s Karnayio area – a masterpiece of industrial architecture – is being transformed into a modern art space to host the exhibition “ Casts of an Island 2024 ” by the Cyprus Contemporary Art Centre, curated by collector Nikos Chr. Pattichis, in early June. The inauguration of what is perhaps the most significant exhibition of contemporary Cypriot art ever held marks the rebirth of the building.
Through the newly established PSI Foundation, it is being transformed into a hub of inspiration and innovation in the heart of Limassol. By Dimitri Ozerkov The carob An evergreen tree, the carob can reach 10 metres in height and has a broad thick-bowed crown. It has been widely cultivated in Cyprus for its edible pods since the 1st century AD.
Carob blossoms in summer its mature pods reaching up to 30 cm long and are harvested before pods dry out in the heat. Highly nutritious and full of sugar carob was fed to cattle as well as used in cosmetics and medicine. It was also largely used to produce films in the 20th century.
Carob seeds are characterised by their constancy of weight and size, so since early times they served as a standard measure of mass, volume, area, and later of the purity of a substance. The word carat, a unit of measurement for gold alloys, derives itself from the Greek word ‘keration’ meaning the seed of a carob tree. A Mediterranean plant, carob was one of the island’s major exports often called ‘Cyprus Black Gold’.
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