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Agios Minas monastery

Vavla, Larnaca District · Medieval

Agios Minas monastery: a monastery in Vavla, Larnaca District. 3 dated records of work on it, 2001 to 2007, with sources.

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Larnaca District, about 34°50′ N, 33°16′ E

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What was done when

3 records
  1. 2001

    Monastery restored in 2001.

    Repair and conservation

    Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2001», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 126 (2002), pp. 691-727, p. 727

  2. 2003

    Church restored.

    Repair and conservation

    Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2003 et 2004», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 128 (2004), pp. 1635-1708, p. 1704

  3. 2007

    Small-scale restoration of the masonry of the north-west corner of the monastic cells, tied and grouted after the foundations were reinforced the year before. Printed costs: Government contribution 2.972,08; Church Committee 2.972,08.

    Repair and conservation

    Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2007 (Lefkosia 2008), p. 29

In the literature

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  1. 2006

    Foundations of the north-western corner of the monastic cells strengthened by a private contractor after a static problem was found, following a geological assessment. Printed costs: Government contribution 4.270.

    Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2006 (Lefkosia 2008), p. 31

Sources

  1. 1.Sophoklis Hadjisavvas, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2001», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 126 (2002), pp. 691-727, p. 727
  2. 2.Pavlos Flourentzos, «Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre en 2003 et 2004», Bulletin de correspondance hellénique 128 (2004), pp. 1635-1708, p. 1704
  3. 3.Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2006 (Lefkosia 2008), p. 31
  4. 4.Pavlos Flourentzos, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities for the Year 2007 (Lefkosia 2008), p. 29

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