Two important exhibitions highlighting the cultural heritage of Cyprus and its timeless ties with France and Europe have been inaugurated in Paris by the President of Cyprus, Nicos Christodoulides, accompanied by his wife Philippa Carcera, the President of France Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte.
It’s the first time the Paris Louvre Museum is hosting 16 Cypriot antiquities donated by the Department of Antiquities of the State Ministry of Culture of Cyprus. Through characteristic objects, the curators hope to give visitors an understanding of the commercial and cultural exchanges that developed in Cyprus during the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.
The exhibition, open to visitors until 22 June 2026, is organised in the framework of the Cultural Programme of the Cyprus Presidency of the European Council.
The second exhibition, which runs until 14 June 2026 at the National Library of France, is honouring the island of Aphrodite in collaboration with the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation.
Numerous exhibits at the National Library of France present Cyprus through the centuries and explore how it was treated by the French.
Engravings by the painter Louis-François Cassas, who visited the island in 1785, as well as 17th and 18th century icons on loan from the Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation and the Church of Panagia Faneromeni in Nicosia, highlight the importance of the Orthodox Byzantine tradition in shaping Cypriot identity.
The exhibition, open to visitors until 22 June 2026, is organised in the framework of the Cultural Programme of the Cyprus Presidency of the European Council.