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Church of Panagia Kyra, Livadia (Karpas)

Livadhia, Famagusta District · Middle Byzantine Period · In the area occupied by Turkey since 1974

Church of Panagia Kyra, Livadia (Karpas): a church in Livadhia, Famagusta District, in the area occupied by Turkey since 1974. Protected by Order in Council in 1940.

Protection

Antiquities Law
  1. 20 December 1939

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

    “The Church of Panayia tis Kyras.”

    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, Famagusta, pp. 725–727 Online

  2. 18 March 1940

    Order under the Antiquities Law, No. 104, Second Schedule, Famagusta item 49

    “The Church of Panayia-tis-Kyras.”

    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, Famagusta item 49, pp. 238–240 Online

In the literature

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  1. Undated

    Sixth-century apse mosaics completely destroyed.

    As printed

    “The mosaics, dating from the end of the sixth century of the apse of Panayia Kyra, near the village of Livadi, have been completely destroyed.”

    A. Papageorghiou, "The return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin", Cyprus Today vol. 28, no. 1 (January–March 1990), pp. 20–22, p. 20.

Pictures

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Department of Antiquities of Cyprus1 photograph1961
  • Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, negative C6311, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/27848: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Livadia, Church of Panagia Kyra, apse, mosaic and wall paintings (C6311)», Photograph taken 1961 Online

Sources

  1. 1.Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, negative C6311, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/27848: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Livadia, Church of Panagia Kyra, apse, mosaic and wall paintings (C6311)», Photograph taken 1961 Online
  2. 2.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, Famagusta item 49, pp. 238–240 Online
  3. 3.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, Famagusta, pp. 725–727 Online
  4. 4.Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: PNT-00186, “Panagia Kyra”, 1993 Online
  5. 5.A. Papageorghiou, "The return or restitution of cultural property to the countries of origin", Cyprus Today vol. 28, no. 1 (January–March 1990), pp. 20–22, p. 20.

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