Fresco, Agios Nikolaos Tis Stegis, Kakopetria, Cyprus
Forty martyrs of Sebaste, or Holy Forty, fresco, 12th 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 fresco depicts a legion of Roman soldiers martyred for their christian faith in 320 AD, by being made to stand naked in a frozen pond. 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
Picture No
14116631
Media ID
46162674
Size
6246px x 8268px
(54MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2024
