28th October Square

28th October Square is the main civic square of Paphos, in the Ktima area. It takes its name from the 28th October Column, an Ionic marble column topped by a bronze tripod between the Town Hall and the Municipal Library. The column honours the common resistance of Greeks and Greek Cypriots against Italian fascism in the Second World War, and its base lists the Cypriot volunteers who fell on the Greek-Albanian front.

Mayor Christodoulos Galatopoulos (1943–1953) laid out the square with its column and built the neoclassical library, which has borne his name since 2002. The neoclassical Town Hall was completed in 1955 and is also used for civil weddings. Many events of Pafos 2017 European Capital of Culture took place here, including the opening and closing ceremonies.