Fresco, Agios Nikolaos Tis Stegis, Kakopetria, Cyprus

Shepherd playing flute in the mountains, detail from the Nativity of Christ, fresco, mid 14th century, in Agios Nikolaos Tis Stegis, or the Church of St Nicholas of the Roof, a Byzantine monastery built 11th century, near Kakopetria, in the Solea valley of the Troodos mountains, Cyprus. The katholikon or monastery church was built in cross-in-square style with a pitched roof added later, and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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