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Church Attractions In Galata

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Galata is a village in the Solea valley, located about 60 km west of the capital Nicosia, at an altitude of 620 m in the Troodos Mountains of Cyprus. It is a popular summer tourist destination for its cooler climate in the summer months. It is also well known on the island for its fruit produce. In Galata there is Panagia tis Podithou , church, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with nine other Painted Churches in the Troödos Region.
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Church Attractions In Galata

  • 1. Church of Panagia Podithou Galata
    The Painted Churches in the Troödos Region 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 tis Stegis in Kakopetria Agios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery in Kalopanagiotis Church of Panagia Phorviotissa in Nikitari Church of Panagia tou Arakou in Lagoudhera Church of Panagia in Moutoullas Church of Archangelos Michael in Pedoulas Church of Timios Stavros in Pelendri Church of Panagia Podithou in Galata Church of Stavros Agiasmati in Platanistasa Church of Agia Sotira tou Soteros in PalaichoriInitially nine of these churches were designated by UNESCO in 1985 with the church in Palaichori added to the list in 2001. The Ch...
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  • 2. Church of Agios Sozomenos Galata
    There are over sixty churches in Cyprus with Byzantine and post-Byzantine wall paintings. Of these, ten that are situated in the Troodos Mountains have been inscribed jointly on the UNESCO World Heritage List as the Painted Churches in the Troodos Region.
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