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The structure known as "The Tomb of Saint Catherine"

Salamis, Famagusta District · In the area occupied by Turkey since 1974

The structure known as "The Tomb of Saint Catherine": a tomb in Salamis, Famagusta District, in the area occupied by Turkey since 1974. Declared an Ancient Monument in 1908. 1 dated record of work on it, 1963, with sources.

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Famagusta District, about 35°11′ N, 33°54′ E

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On the ancient site of Salamis-Tomb of St Catherine. Approximate location. Open in the map →

Protection

Antiquities Law
  1. 27 January 1908

    Declared an Ancient Monument, No. 8924

    “The Tomb of Saint Catherine”

    The Cyprus Gazette No. 8921-8926 of 7 February 1908 (Notice No. 8924), p. 368, PDF p. 34 Online

  2. 10 May 1935

    Scheduled in 1935, Second Schedule, Famagusta item 2

    “The structure known as "The Tomb of Saint Catherine"”

    Supplement No. 1 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2441 of 10 May 1935, A Bill entitled A Law to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Antiquities [the Antiquities Law, 1935], Second Schedule, District of Famagusta, item 2, p. 328, PDF p. 348 Online

What was done when

1 record
  1. 1963

    The rounded vault of the monument was repaired and consolidated, and some fallen blocks were put back in their original place.

    Repair and conservation

    As printed

    “La voûte du monument qui est arrondie a été réparée et consolidée et quelques-uns des blocs tombés ont été remis à leur place originelle.”

    Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1963», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 88 (1964), pp. 289-379, p. 379

Pictures

1

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Sources

  1. 1.Supplement No. 1 to The Cyprus Gazette No. 2441 of 10 May 1935, A Bill entitled A Law to consolidate and amend the Law relating to Antiquities [the Antiquities Law, 1935], Second Schedule, District of Famagusta, item 2, p. 328, PDF p. 348 Online
  2. 2.The Cyprus Gazette No. 8921-8926 of 7 February 1908 (Notice No. 8924), p. 368, PDF p. 34 Online
  3. 3.Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation, Nicosia, online catalogue: pht_HHH_192, “St Catherine's”, 1930-1940 Online
  4. 4.J. A. R. Munro and H. A. Tubbs, with a note on the coins by Warwick Wroth, Excavations in Cyprus, 1890. Third Season's Work: Salamis (1891), scan p. 142
  5. 5.Vassos Karageorghis, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 1963», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 88 (1964), pp. 289-379, p. 379

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