00:00The Paphos Classic Vehicle Club held its 2025 Harbour Show on Sunday the 11th of May.
00:19To qualify as a classic vehicle in Cyprus, the vehicle must be over 30 years old,
00:25preserved and maintained in historically correct condition, and not used as a daily form of transport.
00:38I bet this one qualifies.
00:46The turnout is impressive, and it's still quite early in the day.
00:55The Paphos Classic Club has a better driver than the road gets the bus.
01:16Naturally, you can't have a car show without at least one Mini.
01:20This one looks particularly well cared for.
01:25With the Cyprus climate it must be particularly fun to ride a motorbike, especially a big
01:55one like most of these.
02:25We're in the Paphos archaeological site heading for Forty Column Castle, so called because
02:44of the large number of granite columns found when excavations commenced.
02:49That number may or may not be exact.
02:59The Byzantine Castle is believed to have been built in the late 7th century to protect the
03:04harbour from Arab invasions.
03:07It was first destroyed by Arab raids around 653-654 AD and rebuilt in 688.
03:16It suffered again when Arab and Byzantine rule was imposed on Cyprus.
03:20It was rebuilt again by the Byzantines in 965.
03:25It was completely destroyed by earthquake in 1223 and abandoned to be replaced by a medieval
03:32fortress, the keep of which still stands at the end of the harbour.
03:44When completed it must have been an imposing and daunting site.
03:48With its 3 metres, thick walls and a tower at each corner.
03:52Four more towers within the walls and a moat which had to be crossed by a wooden bridge.
03:59It was in the centre of the building.
04:11Sh銭, the castle, the stone, the stone and a stone are shattered from this tower.
04:17For the building it must have been built in the building, the sand, the stone, the stone,
04:22the stone and the stone.
05:55The statue is a bronze sculpture by Yota Ioannadou and entitled The Little Fisherman. It was installed as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations of 2017.
06:25The Harbour of St. George at Cape Drapanum.
06:49With its view of Yereniso's island that was once little known, is now becoming famous for its archaeology, from the island which has been uninhabited since the 15th century, where recent excavations have discovered a sanctuary dedicated to Apollo, to the nearby archaeological site.
07:08Coral Bay, reputed to be one of the best beaches on the island.
07:31Aphrodite's rock.
08:01just off the old road from Limassol to Paphos,
08:05where legend has it that Aphrodite first walked out of the sea onto the island.
08:09There are many legends about the goddess of love.
08:12One worthy of note is that any woman who swims naked around the rock at midnight
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