The Ministry of Communications and Works, Department of Antiquities, announced on Friday the launching of the project entitled “Eumathios Philokales: Promotion of Selected Middle Byzantine Monuments of Crete and Cyprus, using innovative methods”.

In the framework of the project, 784.800 euros will be spent on the restoration and promotion of two Middle-Byzantine monuments in Cyprus, namely Agia Marina at Kandou and Panagia Kofinou.

According to the press release, the project was approved within the framework of the thematic priority related to the environment and risk prevention of the Cross-Border Cooperation Programme Greece-Cyprus, 2007-2013. Specifically, 34 projects were selected, of 31million cost, 80% of which will be funded by the European Regional Development Fund of the European Union (ERDF) and 20% will come from national funding.