Tuesday, March 31, 2015

CYPRUS - Pantocrator. Wall-painting in the dome of the church of Panayia tou Arakos, Lagoudera (1192 A.D.)

The 12th century church of Panayia tou Arakos is one of the 10 Byzantine period painted churches in Moodos mountain.  This church contains some of the finest frescoes of the late comnenian style (1192).  This church along with the churches of Asinou and of Agios Nikolaos tis Stegis, are considered to be the most important Byzantine period churches in Cyprus.



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