Peristerona Churches-Ayios Varnavas & Ilarionas Traditional Geocache
Peristerona Churches-Ayios Varnavas & Ilarionas
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First cache placed in my village's area. The most important monument of the village is this old,beautiful church, protected by UNESCO, so take the opportunity to visit it, preferably in the morning or call the numbers you'll find on the doors.
Along with the church of Agia Paraskevi in Yeroskipou are the only five-domed churches of Cyprus.
The Church of the Ayios Varnavas and Ilarionas is built on the west bank of the tributary Serrahi, of Peristerona the village, which lies in the valley of the township in Nicosia.
Along with the church of Agia Paraskevi in Yeroskipou are the only five-domed churches of CyprusThe Church of the Apostles Barnabas and Hilarion, in its current form dates back to the late 11th - early 12th century. Probably replaced an earlier church, which took the form of three-aisled vaulted basilica. The church belongs to the type of vaulted basilica. The nave has three domes. In the center aisles of the semi-cylindrical arch is interrupted by a smaller dome that touches the sides of the central dome of the nave, forming external cruciform floor plan on the roof of the church. The splint is a later addition with modern repairs. The spire of the church was built in the 19th century. The oldest examples of paintings belonging to the 15th and 16th centuries, and also saved the sanctuary doors of the iconostasis of the 16th century. In exposed plaster splint temple pieces of the Middle Byzantine period from the first phase of temple architecture.
The cache is a nano container with just a logbook inside.
Love my village Jorgito1981
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