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Rock-cut chapel of Saint Mavra at Chrysocava

Kyrenia · Middle Byzantine Period · In the area occupied by Turkey since 1974

Rock-cut chapel of Saint Mavra at Chrysocava: a chapel in Kyrenia, in the area occupied by Turkey since 1974. Protected by Order in Council in 1940.

Bellapais Vounous

Kyrenia District, about 35°20′ N, 33°18′ E

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Protection

Antiquities Law
  1. 20 December 1939

    Proposed for declaration, No. 413, Second Schedule, Kyrenia

    “The rock-cut shrine of Ayia Mavra at Khrysocava.”

    Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2802 of 20 December 1939, No. 413, The Antiquities Law, 1935: Notice under section 6 (2) (proposed declaration), by the Director of Antiquities (made 20 December 1939), Second Schedule, Kyrenia, pp. 725–727 Online

  2. 18 March 1940

    Order under the Antiquities Law, No. 104, Second Schedule, Kyrenia

    “The rock-cut Shrine of Ayia Mavra at Khrysokava.”

    Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2821 of 21 March 1940, No. 104, The Antiquities Law, 1935: Order in Council No. 1937 made under section 6 (1) (made 18 March 1940), Second Schedule, Kyrenia, pp. 238–240 Online

Pictures

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Department of Antiquities of Cyprus1 photograph1935
  • Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/28115: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kyrenia, Rock-cut Chapel of Saint Mavra at Chrysocava, wall painting, detail (1-3)», Photograph taken 1935 Online

Sources

  1. 1.Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/28115: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Kyrenia, Rock-cut Chapel of Saint Mavra at Chrysocava, wall painting, detail (1-3)», Photograph taken 1935 Online
  2. 2.Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2802 of 20 December 1939, No. 413, The Antiquities Law, 1935: Notice under section 6 (2) (proposed declaration), by the Director of Antiquities (made 20 December 1939), Second Schedule, Kyrenia, pp. 725–727 Online
  3. 3.Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2821 of 21 March 1940, No. 104, The Antiquities Law, 1935: Order in Council No. 1937 made under section 6 (1) (made 18 March 1940), Second Schedule, Kyrenia, pp. 238–240 Online

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