Limassol Municipal Garden
The main venue of the Limassol Wine Festival, which the exam asks about.
The story
The Municipal Garden is a park of about six hectares on the seafront avenue of Limassol. According to the municipality, it is more than a hundred years old. In the shade of eucalyptus, pine and cypress trees there are playgrounds, a zoo and an open-air summer theater. Usually in September the garden becomes the venue of the Wine Festival. You pay to get in, the wine inside is poured for free, and in the evenings there are folk songs, dances and satirical sketches. The festival was first held in 1961, a year after independence was declared. In 1964 and from 1974 to 1977 it was not held because of the events of those years.
The Wine Festival takes place in Limassol, in the Municipal Garden, usually in September; it was first held in 1961. A candidate who took the exam in February 2024 recalled the question “in which city is the Wine Festival.”
Visiting
Entry to the garden is free. During the Wine Festival, entry to the garden is paid, through the gates; dates and prices change every year and are announced by Limassol Municipality and visitcyprus.com.
On the way
Sources
- Δήμος Λεμεσού — Δημόσιος Κήπος Λεμεσού
- Limassol Municipality — Wine Festival History
- Limassol Municipality — Limassol Wine Festival
- Dom.com.cy — a personal account of taking the exam (question on the Wine Festival, February 2024)
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