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The Department of Antiquities of the Ministry of Transport, Communications and Works, announces that it will again take part in the purple lighting promoted by the “Miracle Babies” Association on World Prematurity Day, on Wednesday 17 November 2021. This year, the Department of Antiquities will light purple the Cyprus Museum in Lefkosia and the Medieval Castles of Larnaka and Pafos.

Through the purple lighting the Department of Antiquities wishes to highlight the strong link between our cultural heritage and society, while it also emphasizes the need to raise awareness regarding the problems involving preterm birth. This event moreover lights up the need to preserve all human values, from the moment of birth, including the tangible and intangible heritage created throughout this course.

(MG/ΕCH)