Santrapeia Urban School

The Santrapeia Urban School, located in Horafia, was built in 1903 through a donation by benefactor Loukas Santrape from Egypt. It operated as a boys’ school with more than 300 students until World War II.

After the war, it reopened as a mutual teaching school, hosting generations of students and fulfilling its founder’s vision of sustaining the island’s population. The courtyard retains its original pebble paving, including a visible crater believed to have been caused by a shell during World War II. The building remains an impressive landmark of great historical significance.