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The Panagia Asinou Church is a UNESCO World
Heritage site. It is a small church dedicated to the Virgin of “Phorbia”, with wall paintings dating from the 12th to the 17th century, which are considered to be some of the finest on the island. The…

The church is dedicated to Saints Barnabas and
Hilarion. It was probably built in the 9th or 10th
century and is an outstanding example of Cypriot
Byzantine architecture.

About 3 km outside the village of Platanistasa there is the renowned church of Stavros tou Agiasmati, a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site. It retains the most complete cycles of mural paintings of the second half of the 15th century.

The architecture of of Saint Aikaterini chapel near Kritou Tera village is especially interesting. It was build in the 15th century by the monks of Mount Sina .

The tiny 13th century chapel of Panayia tou Moytoulla has a steep-pitched wooden roof and frescoes dating to 1280. It is a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site.

A listed UNESCO World Heritage Site, the church is an early 16th century chapel on the hill overlooking the village. Its interior is completely painted with one of the most accomplished series of murals of the post -Byzantine period.

The magnificent 9th century stone church of Saint Lazarus was built by Byzantine Emperor Leo VI in the 9th century and restored in the 17th century. The church is one of the most remarkable examples of Byzantine architecture in Cyprus. Saint Lazarus…
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