The Imprisoned Graves is a cemetery located in the central prisons of Nicosia in Cyprus.
There, during the EOKA match, the British buried those who were hanged, as well as four victims.
It was built by the British for this reason. To bury those who would be executed and the leaders of EOKA, so that their funerals do not turn into mass rallies and violent demonstrations. As we understand the piles of heroes were not given to their relatives. The funeral took place just after the execution, in the presence of the prison priest alone. Their relatives were able to visit the place after the end of the liberation struggle.
There are buried 13 heroes. All those who were hanged, who are nine and four victims of the battle. One of them died in hospital after being wounded in battle.
It is one of the most important parts of the history of Cypriot Hellenism. On the wall of the cemetery there is the inscription “The death of a brave man, death does not count”.
[Source: el.wikipedia.org]
