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Necrogeographies: A walk around St Nikolaos Cemetery in Limassol
On November 1st and 2nd 2025, we invite you to Limassol’s old cemetery for a guided walk through its silence(d) grounds. Blending academic research with stories from those who sustain the cemetery, along with comparative material from our research in Greece, Denmark and Japan, we explore class-based, gendered and political necrogeographies. A reflective journey through social change, memory and care.
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Necrogeographies: A walk around St Nikolaos Cemetery in Limassol
On November 1st and 2nd 2025, we invite you to Limassol’s old cemetery for a guided walk through its silence(d) grounds. Blending academic research with stories from those who sustain the cemetery, along with comparative material from our research in Greece, Denmark and Japan, we explore class-based, gendered and political necrogeographies. A reflective journey through social change, memory and care.
Τhe 1st and 2nd of November find us in Limassol’s old cemetery. We gather to explore local burial customs; the necrogeographies of children, women, and men; and the political economy and religious diplomacy of death. Drawing on interviews with those whose work and relationships sustain the cemetery we trace personal and institutional threads that shape this space. Alongside our own academic inquiries and cross-cultural research findings, we have envisioned a memorable walk through Limassol’s most silence(d) yard.
Yiannis Papadakis
Yiannis Papadakis is a Professor of Social Anthropology at the Department of Social and Political Sciences, University of Cyprus. He is the author of Echoes from the Dead Zone: Across the Cyprus Divide (I. B. Tauris,2005), co-editor of Divided Cyprus: Modernity, History and an Island in Conflict (Indiana University Press, 2006), editor of a 2006 special issue of Postcolonial Studies and co-editor of Cypriot Cinemas: Memory, Conflict and Identity in the Margins of Europe (Bloomsbury, 2014), among others. His recent work engages with issues of migration and social democracy in Denmark and the comparative study of cemeteries in Cyprus, Denmark and Japan.
Ioanna Paraskevopoulou
Ioanna Paraskevopoulou is PhD Candidate in Geography, at Harokopio University of Athens, working on Athens’s cemeteries and necrogeographies. Recent publications include: Tracing otherness in online cemetery audience research, Paraskevopoulou, I., Dermitzoglou, G., Kritikos, G., & Georgitsoyanni, E. (2022), The ‘Other’ at the cemetery of Anastasis of Piraeus and the Third Cemetery of Athens. Mortality, 29(1), 141–158; Paraskevopoulou, I. (2015), The First Cemetery of Athens: Historic Visions 1834-2013, Polis.
Practical information
Address
St. Nicholas Cemetery, Anapafseos Street, Limassol
Accessibility
Dates and times
Saturday November 1, 11:30-13:00 and Sunday November 2, 11:30-13:00
Safety
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
EXPERIENCES On board
Immersive exhibition "Présentes
Created with the exceptional collaboration of the Musée du Louvre, this exhibition highlights female figures in Mediterranean civilization, thanks to the digitization and modeling of part of the Louvre's collections. A two-stage experience: an introductory film to provide context, followed by an immersive experience in a 16-meter-long tunnel covered by 120 m2 of LED screens.
A sound journey through the Mediterranean
An immersive sound experience designed by Ircam, inviting the public to explore the richness and diversity of the Mediterranean through headphones equipped with spatialized sound.
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Frequently asked questions
Yes, the boat is freely accessible on site. However, you can pre-book your time online on our website.
For reasons of safety and preservation of the boat, high heels and stilettos may not be worn on the boat.
The museum boat is open to all free of charge. To find out on which quay it will be moored, or to pre-book your slot, consult the page dedicated to your town.
Appropriate facilities have been set up on the Festival site for the reception and access of people with reduced mobility. The boat is equipped with a 1m-wide ramp, accessible to people with reduced mobility, but may require the accompaniment of a third party due to its gradient of over 6%. Access to the aft deck and immersive exhibition is possible. However, the upper deck is not accessible. Please inform us in advance of any special accessibility requirements, so that we can make the necessary arrangements.