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Early Christian church at Katalymmata ton Plakoton

Akrotiri, Limassol District

Early Christian church at Katalymmata ton Plakoton: a church in Akrotiri, Limassol District. 3 dated records of work on it, 2007 to 2009, with sources.

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Limassol District, about 34°36′ N, 32°58′ E

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On the ancient site of Akrotiri-Katalymmata ton Plakoton. Approximate location. Open in the map →

What was done when

3 records
  1. 2007

    First season of systematic excavation by the Department of Antiquities (Eleni Procopiou): 230 sq m of a large Early Christian religious building of about the 6th century AD, with marble wall revetments, mosaic floors, window glass and wall tesserae.

    Excavation

    Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2007 (Lefkosia: Printing Office of the Republic of Cyprus, 2008), pp. 67-68

  2. 2008

    The north and west limits of the building were found: the western part of a large Early Byzantine religious building of the late 6th century, 36 m wide, with porticoes, apses and twenty mosaic panels, destroyed by an earthquake in the 7th century.

    Excavation

    Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the year 2008 (Nicosia: Printing Office of the Republic of Cyprus, 2010), pp. 58-60

  3. 2009

    The western narthex of the church, of about AD 600, was completed, with transepts, funerary apses, a larnax burial and 26 mosaic patterns; it was destroyed by an earthquake in the mid-7th century.

    Excavation

    Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the year 2009 (Nicosia, 2013), pp. 68-70

Sources

  1. 1.Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the year 2009 (Nicosia, 2013), pp. 68-70
  2. 2.Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2007 (Lefkosia: Printing Office of the Republic of Cyprus, 2008), pp. 67-68
  3. 3.Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the year 2008 (Nicosia: Printing Office of the Republic of Cyprus, 2010), pp. 58-60

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