Archangelos Mikhail (Choli)

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View of the fortified tower and church
View to the apse

Archangelos Michail ( Greek Αρχάγγελος Μιχαήλ ) is a church building of the Cypriot Orthodox Church in Choli ( Paphos district ) in Cyprus .

history

The church, consecrated to St. Michael the Archangel , was built to the east of an older Franconian fortified tower , which was originally taller and which may have been built under the reign of Jacob II (1460–1473). The church itself was built around 1500 as a single-nave church with a semicircular apse in the east. It is probably a church of the Latin rite originally created under the Crusader rule of the House of Lusignan for the needs of Frankish feudal lords .

The church has significant remains of late Byzantine frescoes. The defense tower was converted into a narthex and a portal to the church was added inside, whereby a different floor height was retained.

literature

  • Gwynneth the Parthog: Byzantine and Medieval Cyprus. A Guide to the Monuments . London 1995, pp. 84f.

Web links

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Coordinates: 34 ° 58 ′ 44.8 ″  N , 32 ° 26 ′ 39 ″  E