Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation

Since its establishment in 1984, the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation (BOCCF) has developed a wealth of activities, in keeping with the objectives originally delineated for the Cultural Foundation by the Bank of Cyprus. The Foundation’s main strategic aims are to encourage the research and study of Cypriot civilisation in the fields of archaeology, history, art and literature as well as to preserve and disseminate the cultural and natural heritage of Cyprus, with a particular emphasis on the international promotion of the island’s centuries-long Greek civilisation.

The Cultural Foundation is housed in the old administrative building of the Bank of Cyprus, which was built in 1936 and is situated in the historical centre of Nicosia near Phaneromeni Church.

The Foundation keeps five Cyprological collections:

Coins – Maps – Rare Books & Manuscripts, Engravings, Old Photographs & Watercolours – Contemporary Cypriot Art and the Archaeological Collection.

Further, the Cultural Foundation curates two museums: the Museum of the History of Cypriot Coinage and the Archaeological Museum of George and Nefeli Giabra Pierides (donated by Clio and Solon Triantafyllides). (BOCCF.org).

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