Painted Churches in the Troodos Region

The Painted Churches in the Troödos Region (Toichografiménoi naoí stin periochí tou órous Tróodos) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Troödos Mountains of central Cyprus. The complex comprises ten Byzantine churches and monasteries richly decorated with Byzantine and post-Byzantine murals: Church of Agios Nikolaos (St. Nicholas) tis Stegis in Kakopetria: An 11th-century monastery and the oldest surviving katholikon in Cyprus Agios Ioannis (St. John) Lampadistis Monastery in Kalopanagiotis: A 13th-century monastery Church of Panagia (The Virgin) Phorviotissa (Asinou) in Nikitari: A 12th-century church Church of Panagia (The Virgin) tou Arakou in Lagoudhera: A 12th century church Church of Panagia (The Virgin) in Moutoullas: A 13th-century chapel and the earliest example of steep-pitched wooden roofs Church of Archangelos Michael (Archangel Michael) in Pedoulas: A late 15th-century church Church of Timios Stavros (Holy Cross) in Pelendri: A church containing unique 14th-century wall paintings Church of Panagia (The Virgin) Podithou in Galata: An early-16th century church Church of Stavros (Holy Cross) Agiasmati in Platanistasa: A 14th-century church Church of Agia Sotira (of the Transfiguration of the Savior) tou Soteros in Palaichori Oreinis: A 16th-century church. Initially nine of these churches were d

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