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Church of Panagia

Moutoullas, Nicosia District · Late Byzantine Period

Church of Panagia: a church in Moutoullas, Nicosia District. Protected by Order in Council in 1940. 2 dated records of work on it, 1951 to 2007, with sources.

Nicosia District, about 34°59′ N, 32°50′ E

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The pin marks the village of Moutoullas, not the building. Approximate location. Open in the map →

Protection

Antiquities Law
  1. 20 December 1939

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

    “The Church of Panayia.”

    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, Nicosia, pp. 725–727 Online

  2. 18 March 1940

    Order under the Antiquities Law, No. 104, Second Schedule, Nicosia item 38

    “The Church of Panayia.”

    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, Nicosia item 38, pp. 238–240 Online

What was done when

3 records
  1. 1951

    The Department of Antiquities carried out repairs on behalf of the responsible authorities, aided by a Government grant.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “the churches of Panayia at Moutoullas and Stazousa near Pyrga”

    Colonial Office, Report on Cyprus for the Year 1951 (London: HMSO, 1952), p. 57

  2. 2007

    Conservation of the wall-paintings of this UNESCO-listed church (late 13th and 16th centuries), including those beside the west entrance. Printed costs: Government contribution 6.490.

    Repair and conservation

    Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2007 (Lefkosia 2008), pp. 24-25

  3. Undated

    Troodos church; first dated example of roofs without vaults, dated 1280.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “Panagia tou Moutoulla of 1280 being the first dated example”

    Fryni Hadjichristophi, "World Heritage Sites in Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 41, no. 1 (January–April 2003), pp. 24–39, p. 34.

In the literature

6
  1. Undated

    Built by Ioannis Moutoulla and wife Irene, decorated with frescoes in 1280 AD per dedicatory inscription.

    As printed

    “According to the dedicatory inscription, this church was built by Ioannis Moutoulla and his wife Irene and decorated with frescoes in 1280 AD”

    Anon., "Stamps.", Cyprus Today vol. 25, no. 1 (January–March 1987), pp. 7–8, p. 8.

  2. Undated

    Erected and decorated in 1280 with paintings reflecting Crusader monumental art.

    As printed

    “Panagia at Moutoullas – erected and decorated in 1280 with paintings reflecting the monumental art of the Crusaders”

    Anon., "Cyprus World Heritage", Cyprus Today vol. 43, no. 2 (April –June 2005), pp. 42–47, p. 46.

  3. Undated

    Frescos in the church of Our Lady of Moutoulas (1280) described as a prime example of crusader art influence.

    As printed

    “The frescos in the church of Our Lady of Moutoulas (1280) are a prime example of the reverberation of crusader art in the Mediterranean”

    Ioannis A. Eliades, "Cypriot Painting and its Affinity with Italian Art during the Frankish and Venetian Rule: 1191-1571", Cyprus Today vol. 43, no. 3-4 (July–December 2005), pp. 21–27, p. 22.

  4. 1280

    Its wall paintings are securely dated to 1280; with those of the katholikon of St John Lampadistis at Kalopanagiotis they have dominated the study of Cypriot monumental painting of the late 13th century.

    As printed

    “ο ναός της Παναγίας του Μουτουλλά του οποίου οι τοιχογραφίες χρονολογούνται ασφαλώς στο 1280”

    Anon., "Stamps.", Cyprus Today vol. 25, no. 1 (January–March 1987), pp. 7–8, p. 8.

    Also: Maria Parani, «Ο Ναός της Μεταμόρφωσης στη Σωτήρα Αμμοχώστου: Ιστορία – Αρχιτεκτονική – Τοιχογραφίες», recorded conference paper, Το αρχαιολογικό έργο του Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου, 2017, Archaeological Research Unit - University of Cyprus, published on YouTube 2018-02-27, at 0:00:00 Online

  5. Undated

    Narthex frescoes representative of the local Cypriot school.

    As printed

    “Frescoes representative of this trend are those which decorate the narthex of Panagia Moutoulla”

    Joanna Christoforaki, "Mediaeval Art of Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 34, no. 3-4 (July–December 1996), pp. 17–25, p. 19.

  6. Undated

    Troodos Byzantine church inscribed on UNESCO World Heritage List.

    As printed

    “Panayia tou Moutoulla at Moutoullas”

    Anon., "Troodos Churches on the World Heritage List", Cyprus Today vol. 24, no. 3 (July–September 1986), pp. 2–6, p. 2.

Pictures

6
Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation3 films2006–2007
  • Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 4197: «THE GOLDEN BIRTH Η ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΣ», 24 December 2006, 00:25:11, 2006-12-24 Online
  • Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 4199: «TWELVE BYZANTINE CHURCHES OF CYPRUS ON THE LIST OF UNESCO CULTURAL INHERITANCE ΔΕΚΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΕΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΑΤΑΛΟΓΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ UNESCO», 21 June 2007, 00:47:12, 2007-06-21 Online
  • Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 4196: «ΔΕΚΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΕΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΑΤΑΛΟΓΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ UNESCO TWELVE BYZANTINE CHURCHES OF CYPRUS ON THE LIST OF UNESCO CULTURAL INHERITANCE», 25 June 2007, 00:45:19, 2007-06-25 Online
Department of Antiquities of Cyprus3 photographs
  • Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, negative P1019278-1, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/25021: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Moutoullas, Church of Panagia (Our Lady), nave, south side of west wall, ground register, wall painting (P1019278-1)» Online
  • Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, negative P1019278-2, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/25022: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Moutoullas, Church of Panagia (Our Lady), nave, center of the upper register on west wall, wall painting (P1019278-2)» Online
  • Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, negative P1019278-3, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/25046: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Moutoullas, Church of Panagia (Our Lady), south-west view of church (P1019278-3)» Online

Sources

  1. 1.Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, negative P1019278-2, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/25022: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Moutoullas, Church of Panagia (Our Lady), nave, center of the upper register on west wall, wall painting (P1019278-2)» Online
  2. 2.Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, negative P1019278-1, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/25021: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Moutoullas, Church of Panagia (Our Lady), nave, south side of west wall, ground register, wall painting (P1019278-1)» Online
  3. 3.Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, photographic archive, negative P1019278-3, via HISTORICA (University of Bologna), fonds «OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus» (BYZART, Open University of Cyprus), hdl 20.500.14008/25046: «Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Moutoullas, Church of Panagia (Our Lady), south-west view of church (P1019278-3)» Online
  4. 4.Department of Antiquities, Cyprus, «Επισκέψιμα Αρχαία Μνημεία της Κύπρου» (Visitable Ancient Monuments of Cyprus), open dataset, first issued 8 February 2018, modified 16 January 2024, CC BY 4.0, row no. 12 Online
  5. 5.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, Nicosia, pp. 725–727 Online
  6. 6.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, Nicosia item 38, pp. 238–240 Online
  7. 7.Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 4196: «ΔΕΚΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΕΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΑΤΑΛΟΓΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ UNESCO TWELVE BYZANTINE CHURCHES OF CYPRUS ON THE LIST OF UNESCO CULTURAL INHERITANCE», 25 June 2007, 00:45:19 Online
  8. 8.Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 4197: «THE GOLDEN BIRTH Η ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΣ», 24 December 2006, 00:25:11 Online
  9. 9.Cyprus Broadcasting Corporation (ΡΙΚ), film and video archive, Digital Herodotus item 4199: «TWELVE BYZANTINE CHURCHES OF CYPRUS ON THE LIST OF UNESCO CULTURAL INHERITANCE ΔΕΚΑ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΝΕΣ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΕΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΠΡΟΥ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΑΤΑΛΟΓΟ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΗΣ ΚΛΗΡΟΝΟΜΙΑΣ ΤΗΣ UNESCO», 21 June 2007, 00:47:12 Online
  10. 10.Anon., "Stamps.", Cyprus Today vol. 25, no. 1 (January–March 1987), pp. 7–8, p. 8.
  11. 11.Maria Parani, «Ο Ναός της Μεταμόρφωσης στη Σωτήρα Αμμοχώστου: Ιστορία – Αρχιτεκτονική – Τοιχογραφίες», recorded conference paper, Το αρχαιολογικό έργο του Πανεπιστημίου Κύπρου, 2017, Archaeological Research Unit - University of Cyprus, published on YouTube 2018-02-27, at 0:00:00 Online
  12. 12.Colonial Office, Report on Cyprus for the Year 1951 (London: HMSO, 1952), p. 57
  13. 13.Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2007 (Lefkosia 2008), pp. 24-25
  14. 14.Anon., "Troodos Churches on the World Heritage List", Cyprus Today vol. 24, no. 3 (July–September 1986), pp. 2–6, p. 2.
  15. 15.Joanna Christoforaki, "Mediaeval Art of Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 34, no. 3-4 (July–December 1996), pp. 17–25, p. 19.
  16. 16.Fryni Hadjichristophi, "World Heritage Sites in Cyprus", Cyprus Today vol. 41, no. 1 (January–April 2003), pp. 24–39, p. 34.
  17. 17.Anon., "Cyprus World Heritage", Cyprus Today vol. 43, no. 2 (April –June 2005), pp. 42–47, p. 46.
  18. 18.Ioannis A. Eliades, "Cypriot Painting and its Affinity with Italian Art during the Frankish and Venetian Rule: 1191-1571", Cyprus Today vol. 43, no. 3-4 (July–December 2005), pp. 21–27, p. 22.

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