Location of Painted Churches in the Troodos Region in Cyprus
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The Painted Churches in the Troödos Region (Greek: Τοιχογραφημένοι ναοί στην περιοχή του όρους Τρόοδος, romanized: Toichografiménoi naoí stin periochí tou órous Tróodos) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Troödos Mountains of central Cyprus. The complex comprises ten Byzantine churches and monasteries richly decorated with Byzantine and post-Byzantine murals:
Church of Agios Nikolaos (St. Nicholas) tis Stegis in Kakopetria: An 11th-century monastery and the oldest surviving katholikon in Cyprus
Agios Ioannis (St. John) Lampadistis Monastery in Kalopanagiotis: A 13th-century monastery
Church of Panagia (The Virgin) Phorviotissa (Asinou) in Nikitari: A 12th-century church
Church of Panagia (The Virgin) tou Arakou in Lagoudhera: A 12th century church
Church of Panagia (The Virgin) in Moutoullas: A 13th-century chapel and the earliest example of steep-pitched wooden roofs
Church of Archangelos Michael (Archangel Michael) in Pedoulas: A late 15th-century church
Church of Timios Stavros (Holy Cross) in Pelendri: A church containing unique 14th-century wall paintings
Church of Panagia (The Virgin) Podithou in Galata: An early-16th century church
Church of Stavros (Holy Cross) Agiasmati in Platanistasa: A 14th-century church
Church of Agia Sotira (of the Transfiguration of the Savior) tou Soteros in Palaichori Oreinis: A 16th-century church.
Initially nine of these churches were designated by UNESCO in 1985 with the church in Palaichori added to the list in 2001.[1] The Church of Panagia Chrysokourdaliotissa in Kourdali, Spilia, was submitted as a potential further extension in 2002 and currently resides on the Tentative List.[2]
^"Painted Churches in the Troödos Region". UNESCO World Heritage List. United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
^"Church of Panagia Chrysokourdaliotissa, Kourdali (extension to "Painted Churches in the Troodos Region")". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
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