Pafos will be the European Capital of Culture in 2017 from Cyprus.The motto of Pafos 2017 is “Linking Continents, Bridging Cultures”. Inspired by its geographical position, since it has always been the crossroad of Eastern Mediterranean, and by its modern multicultural reality, Pafos aspires to become the first European Capital of Culture which will link the East and the West, bridge people and cultures, and it will also be a place of cultural collaboration and peaceful coexistence.