Fresco, Panagia tou Araka church, Lagoudera, Cyprus

Assumption of the Virgin, with apostles, fresco, 12th century, in the Panagia tou Araka, a late 12th century Byzantine katholikon monastery church, near Lagoudera, in the Troodos mountains, Cyprus. The frescoes were commissioned by Leo Authentes and painted by a monk named Theodoros Apsevdis, completed 1192 and restored in the 14th century. The church is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1192 Apostle Apseudi Apsevdis Araka Arakas Arakos Assumption Authentes Cypriot Cyprus Daglari Katholikon Komnenian Lagoudera Madari Nicosia Orthodox Panagia Pirsilia Theodoros Trodos Troodos

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