Isidiro Tapia (Valencia, c. 1712- active until 1771-1777). Oil on canvas. 64 x 52 cm.
Signed by the artist.
Mother of Sorrows is a name by which the Blessed Virgin Mary is referred to in a relation to sorrows in her life. Mother of Sorrows is also…
Τhe wild red jungle fowl is the ancestor of today’s chickens, which like all birds are smart and have communication skills. The term “pecking order” was coined by the Norwegian biologist Thorlief Schjelderup-Ebbe after observing that chickens…
Traditional custom where donkeys participated in a race with their riders on each one claiming the top spot. Today the event’ s organized within the frame of Easter festivities.
The donor portrait is placed on the southern half of the central blind arch, above the entrance of the Asinou church and is dated to the fourteenth century. It depicts the donor, Magistros Nikephoros Ischyrios, offering the replica of the church to…
Doors of the Sanctuary of the main church. Wood carving, gold plated, depicting the Annunciation of Virgin Mary on the top and at a lower zone four bishops with their liturgical vestments
Doors of the Sanctuary of the main church. Wood carving, gold plated. On the upper zone the Annunciation of Virgin Mary and on the lower zone three bishops in their liturgical vestments and Saint Neophytos on the far right