Cyprus Through the Ages, Historical Issue
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Title
Cyprus Through the Ages, Historical Issue
Description
The Church of Agia Paraskevi, in the old village of Geroskipou in the Pafos district, is a three aisled vaulted basilica of five domes. It is the earliest example of this type of church in Cyprus and it embodies the characteristics of the early phase of the middle Byzantine Period. The original church had a cruciform plan.
The frescoes in the eastern dome have a uniconical decoration dating to the second half of the 9th century. Other frescoes date from the 10th to the 15th centuries. There is also an unusual icon that is painted on both sides.
Another medieval building with five domes is the Church of Agioi Barnabas and Hilarion in the village of Peristerona which dates back to the 16th century.
The second stamp in the first row is a 1735 drawing of the monastery of Agios Chrysostomos Koutsoventis (1090-1100 AD) by the Russian monk Vassili Barsky.The chapel housed frescoes of Byzantine art. The monastery is currently occupied by the Turkish forces.
The third stamp depicts the Coat-of Arms of the Lusignan Kings of Jerusalem, Cyprus and Armenia. King Peter I of Cyprus 1358-1369 AD also held the title of King of Armenia 1368-1369 AD. The Lusignans reigned from 1192 to 1489 AD.
The fourth stamp depicts the Chronicle of Leontios Machairas written between 1426 and 1432, concerning the “Sweet Land of Cyprus”.
The first stamp in the second row shows Caterina Cornaro, the last Queen of Cyprus ceding the island to the Venetians in 1489. Her husband Lusignan King James II had died in 1473.
The second stamp depicts the Venetian fortifications of the walled city of Nicosia. They were constructed between 1567 and 1570 but had not been completed when the Turkish forces under the command of Lala Mustapha Pasha had besieged the city.
The third stamp depicts the siege of Lefkosia in 1570 when after 45 days the walls were breached by the Ottoman army.
The fourth stamp depicts the surviving part of the Larnaka Aqueduct built in 1746 by Pasha Abu Bakr, Ottoman governor of Cyprus. It had cost him personally more than 50,000 piastres.
The frescoes in the eastern dome have a uniconical decoration dating to the second half of the 9th century. Other frescoes date from the 10th to the 15th centuries. There is also an unusual icon that is painted on both sides.
Another medieval building with five domes is the Church of Agioi Barnabas and Hilarion in the village of Peristerona which dates back to the 16th century.
The second stamp in the first row is a 1735 drawing of the monastery of Agios Chrysostomos Koutsoventis (1090-1100 AD) by the Russian monk Vassili Barsky.The chapel housed frescoes of Byzantine art. The monastery is currently occupied by the Turkish forces.
The third stamp depicts the Coat-of Arms of the Lusignan Kings of Jerusalem, Cyprus and Armenia. King Peter I of Cyprus 1358-1369 AD also held the title of King of Armenia 1368-1369 AD. The Lusignans reigned from 1192 to 1489 AD.
The fourth stamp depicts the Chronicle of Leontios Machairas written between 1426 and 1432, concerning the “Sweet Land of Cyprus”.
The first stamp in the second row shows Caterina Cornaro, the last Queen of Cyprus ceding the island to the Venetians in 1489. Her husband Lusignan King James II had died in 1473.
The second stamp depicts the Venetian fortifications of the walled city of Nicosia. They were constructed between 1567 and 1570 but had not been completed when the Turkish forces under the command of Lala Mustapha Pasha had besieged the city.
The third stamp depicts the siege of Lefkosia in 1570 when after 45 days the walls were breached by the Ottoman army.
The fourth stamp depicts the surviving part of the Larnaka Aqueduct built in 1746 by Pasha Abu Bakr, Ottoman governor of Cyprus. It had cost him personally more than 50,000 piastres.
Source
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία
Publisher
Library of Cyprus University of Technology
Date
Contributor
Designer: Melanie Efstathiadou, Lisa Petridou-Mala, Glafkos Theophylactou
Rights
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Relation
www.cypruspost.gov.cy
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jpg
Language
en
Type
Identifier
2009CS110, 2009CS111, 2009CS112, 2009CS113, 2009CS114, 2009CS115, 2009CS116, 2009CS117, 2009CS118
Coverage
35.160417, 33.346556
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Collection
Citation
Cyprus Post, Republic of Cyprus
Κυπριακά Ταχυδρομεία, Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία, “Cyprus Through the Ages, Historical Issue,” Αψίδα, accessed May 9, 2024, https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/44187.