Andreas Zimboulakis was

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and was responsible for the provisioning of the British

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. Zimboulakis, who was born in Kefalonia, settled in

Yeroskipou Geroskipou ( el, Γεροσκήπου; tr, Yeroşibu) is a coastal village in Cyprus, east of Paphos. Its current population is approximately 7,000 and it is the second largest municipality in the Paphos District. Yeroskipou, with its remarkable ...

and his duties as vice-consul were to protect the interests of Britain. The house of Zimboulakis where many personalities were hosted, was bought in 1947 by the Department of Antiquities, to be converted into Folk Art Museum.

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