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Article: A mighty Aphrodite to rival the Colossus of Rhodes: Tourism developers supersize projects. Cyprus joins the trend with plans for a statue of a Greek goddess.(World)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- March 27, 2002
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Byline: Michael Theodoulou
Statue of Liberty, prepare for some competition.
Cyprus, half the size of New Jersey, is planning to build a spectacular theme park dedicated to Aphrodite - the mythical goddess of love, beauty, and fertility - and it will be crowned by a sculpture on a scale as eye-catching as the giant green lady in New York Harbor.
"We always felt that Cyprus needed an identity symbol for its tourism like other countries had," says Nicos Rolandis, the minister of commerce, Industry, and tourism. "When you think of Egypt, it's the pyramids; it's the Taj Mahal for India, it's the Colosseum in Rome."
The mighty Aphrodite ...