Then the schools were transferred to the missionary Order of St. Mary from Italy — hence their modern name.

The space of the ensemble is divided into two parts: the larger part is occupied by a school and a kindergarten, with huge courtyards, and in the other small closed part there is a monastery in which nuns who teach at the school live. The expressive chapel with a concrete cross is a monastery church, decorated with church utensils coming from Italy.

In addition to classrooms, a library, canteens, and guest rooms, the school has a transforming stage: it opens onto a large common hall, and on the other side, onto the schoolyard. An economical solution typical of the avant-garde.

Note the ornamented concrete blocks that cover the utility compartments.

Similar blocks were used to make up the facade of the ESEL department store building (now this facade is demolished), which we talked about on Anexartisias Street (see the route “1 km of Architecture”). Walking around the cities of Cyprus, you can find many examples of the use of such blocks.

The architect’s family maintain the building, this is probably the gimmick of its excellent condition.

After all, modernism, like any other architecture style, needs care, repair, protection, that is, you cannot give birth to a concrete building and expect it to be beautiful without restoration. The volume, of course, will remain, but aesthetics must be taken care of, loved, maintained — like any other pleasure garden.