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Δήμος Μόρφου

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Δήμος Μόρφου

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Morphou Municipality

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Στο ανέβασμα και την τεκμηρίωση του υλικού συνέβαλε ο κ. Μίνος Σαββίδης

Items in the Δήμος Μόρφου Collection

At the top of the Vouni hill, a large palatial complex was excavated in 1928 – 1929. Four construction phases are represented in the palatial complex, corresponding to the periods of the Cypro-Classical years (from the early to the mid-5th century…

In antiquity, Soloi was one of the most significant city-kingdoms in Cyprus, on its north coast (Morphou area). It was the seat of an important kingdom which throve from the Classical until the Paleochristian period. With the exception of the Theatre…

The cathedral of Morphou, this church was built in the 16th century on the remains of older churches according to the Franco-byzantine style. After 1974, the church was converted into a museum. In 2009 the altar was restored and partial repair works…

It is a medieval church, built to the single-aisled barrel vaulted type. After 1974, the church was completely plundered and ruined in a fire. Parts of it have collapsed. The medieval cemetery which lay around the church has been despoiled and…

Probably a medieval church, it belongs to the single-aisled barrel-vaulted type. After 1974 it was used as a mortuary. The altar and the iconostasis are ruined. A large Turkish cemetery was built to the east of the church.

The Morphou Teachers' College was built in 1937 in the colonial style. It
was constructed in a design of the Department of Public Works, which at the
time still favoured this particular style for public and government
buildings. Local yellowish…

The Boys' School (1926) is built in the neoclassical style which was the
prevalent style used for the construction of schools in the whole of Cyprus
during the late nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century.

Morphou " The smuggling and the ruination of this age - old heritage ".

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