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The Church of Panayia Hortajotissa

Sotira, Famagusta District

The Church of Panayia Hortajotissa: a church in Sotira, Famagusta District. Protected by Order in Council in 1949. 2 dated records of work on it, 1958 to 1993, with sources.

Protection

Antiquities Law
  1. 28 February 1949

    Proposed for declaration, No. 88, Second Schedule, Famagusta

    “The Church of Panayia Hortajotissa.”

    Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 3424 of 28 February 1949, No. 88, The Antiquities Laws, 1935 and 1945: Notice under section 6 (2) (proposed declaration), by the Director of Antiquities (made 28 February 1949), Second Schedule, Famagusta, pp. 121–123 Online

  2. 24 November 1949

    Order under the Antiquities Law, No. 454, Second Schedule, Famagusta

    “The Church of Panayia Hortajotissa.”

    Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 3470 of 1 December 1949, No. 454, The Antiquities Laws, 1935 and 1945: Order in Council No. 2389 made under section 6 (1) (made 24 November 1949), Second Schedule, Famagusta, pp. 527–529 Online

What was done when

2 records
  1. 1958

    The church was repaired for the ecclesiastical authorities with the aid of a Government grant.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “Panayia Chardakiotissa and St. George ( Sotera)”

    Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1958 (London: HMSO, 1959), p. 89

  2. 1993

    Church where restoration or repair works were carried out.

    Repair and conservation

    Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1993», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 118 (1994), pp. 647-693, p. 691

Sources

  1. 1.Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 3424 of 28 February 1949, No. 88, The Antiquities Laws, 1935 and 1945: Notice under section 6 (2) (proposed declaration), by the Director of Antiquities (made 28 February 1949), Second Schedule, Famagusta, pp. 121–123 Online
  2. 2.Supplement No. 3 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 3470 of 1 December 1949, No. 454, The Antiquities Laws, 1935 and 1945: Order in Council No. 2389 made under section 6 (1) (made 24 November 1949), Second Schedule, Famagusta, pp. 527–529 Online
  3. 3.Dimos Christou, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1993», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 118 (1994), pp. 647-693, p. 691
  4. 4.Colonial Office, Cyprus: Report for the Year 1958 (London: HMSO, 1959), p. 89

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