Tradition
Lefkara lace
Lefkara lace is a handmade textile tradition from Cyprus, created through hemstitching, satin filling, and needlepoint edging to…
Region
Cyprus
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Monastery
Monastero di Kykkos (XI sec.): l’icona che nessuno vede da più di 350 anni, perché si crede acceci chi la guarda
Custodita nel monastero più ricco e famoso di Cipro, l'icona della Madonna attribuita all'evangelista Luca è permanentemente coperta:…
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Painted Churches in the Troodos Region
Nine Byzantine churches hidden in the mountains of central Cyprus contain a thousand years of unbroken Christian wall…
Building
Panagia tou Araka
A pristinely preserved middle Byzantine church in Cyprus renowned for its complete cycle of mural paintings and UNESCO…
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Paphos — Birthplace of Aphrodite, UNESCO World Heritage City
The city on the southwestern tip of Cyprus has been sacred to Aphrodite since antiquity, preserving the legendary…
Area
Paphos Archaeological Park
A major Greek and Roman archaeological site in southwest Cyprus, renowned for four elaborate villas with exceptional mosaics…
Building
Sanctuary of Aphrodite Paphia
An ancient sanctuary in Paphos believed to mark Aphrodite's birthplace and one of antiquity's most significant pilgrimage destinations,…
Cathedral
St. John’s Cathedral: the fresco cycle that justifies a sixteen-century-old church, and a quarter million mourners in 1977
A Nicosia, Cipro, una cappella è attestata su questo sito già dall'XI secolo, seguita da un'abbazia benedettina di…
Monastery
Stavrovouni: the mountaintop monastery where Saint Helena left a fragment of the True Cross that moved there on its own
Secondo la tradizione, sant'Elena, madre dell'imperatore Costantino, si fermò a Cipro intorno al 327-329 d.C.
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