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<blockquote data-quote="pavlosn" data-source="post: 1545831" data-attributes="member: 22572"><p>And I still have not told you about my trip on Saturday!</p><p></p><p>Partly this is because I don't know how to describe why it was such a special trip to me. At least not without going into a long discussion of Cyprus history and politics and of the Cyprus problem, which I am reluctant to do in a forum such as this. </p><p></p><p>Suffice to say, that all the places I visited were for decades and until only a few years ago completely inaccessible to me, which naturally served to make their appeal all the greater. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/65ea3ff0e4eb9010e38c384ab3d05742.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Also the monastery of Apostolos Andreas pictured at the tip of the peninsula has always been a place of pilgrimage for Cypriots - in the past they would travel for days to reach it. That I would be there on the second anniversary of my dad's passing and I could have memorial prayers for his soul. I can't say I am very religious but this was still important to me. </p><p></p><p>The Karpaz peninsula is known as the peninsula of the Saints and the reason for this is simple, it has a very high number of important and historic churches. </p><p></p><p>One such church that we visited was that of Panagia Kanakaria in the village of Lythrangomi, originally built in the 6th century but rebuilt in the 10th.<img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/9c4e58ac5645d123b691f4bc7a0d0986.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>The church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is famous for its beautiful wallpainting and mosaics. </p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/3a647fab070048d5c97af53be7dd7caa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Unfortunately it was heavily looted with many of the mosaics stolen by a Turkish Art smuggler. Fortunately these have been recovered and are now in the Byzantine museum in Nicosia</p><p></p><p>Remnants of mosaics left in the church</p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/b3b8eb1da630d0ac8295ca97aad28f86.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/038e60dc9108f05a093cb569f9f15525.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Mural of the Virgin Mary above main entrance</p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/1857a11eeaa32522ea5602979a0ee1aa.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>More murals</p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/ff44068c9e89e1d6b8913e6a7b142c9b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Detail of the ceiling</p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/62bf3c3c839907247925a4b3843e1a79.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/0e58280afb9a8ca9d446eb38d28daac3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/199597984c5c91c88c395880bbea02d1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/f13b9bea5fa23a41337aff06018e1a35.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>On to the next village and back even further in time to a 2000 year old tomb carved in bear rock. Cyprus is like that history in layers one on top of the other</p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/16cf758864632cfc194d3c925e4ba1fc.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>And then on to the coast, this particular one seemingly made of marble! </p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/a0c922fff94f9af90ce7dc869cf26282.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/107757a08c26b6bf0dcb20f2b561af3e.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/313452921651f7ae90b9eef399a750f5.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>We drive on to the monastery where we feed carrots to the wild donkeys who have learned to shamelessly beg treats from passing tourists</p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/6c5a91aef4fe465d23ade89e59bbc925.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/60febf710a97c5a3aae1fd68ff86b520.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/a8f49fe9e3698bd5c13c2180906944e3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Now were you too distracted by the donkey to pay attention to the beach in the background. Here it is then, just breathtaking, literally so</p><p></p><p><img src="https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/27e5c4682b5a7a88d56ed98d9443c210.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my SM-G935F using <a href="http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=67" target="_blank">Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pavlosn, post: 1545831, member: 22572"] And I still have not told you about my trip on Saturday! Partly this is because I don't know how to describe why it was such a special trip to me. At least not without going into a long discussion of Cyprus history and politics and of the Cyprus problem, which I am reluctant to do in a forum such as this. Suffice to say, that all the places I visited were for decades and until only a few years ago completely inaccessible to me, which naturally served to make their appeal all the greater. [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/65ea3ff0e4eb9010e38c384ab3d05742.jpg[/IMG] Also the monastery of Apostolos Andreas pictured at the tip of the peninsula has always been a place of pilgrimage for Cypriots - in the past they would travel for days to reach it. That I would be there on the second anniversary of my dad's passing and I could have memorial prayers for his soul. I can't say I am very religious but this was still important to me. The Karpaz peninsula is known as the peninsula of the Saints and the reason for this is simple, it has a very high number of important and historic churches. One such church that we visited was that of Panagia Kanakaria in the village of Lythrangomi, originally built in the 6th century but rebuilt in the 10th.[IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/9c4e58ac5645d123b691f4bc7a0d0986.jpg[/IMG] The church is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is famous for its beautiful wallpainting and mosaics. [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/3a647fab070048d5c97af53be7dd7caa.jpg[/IMG] Unfortunately it was heavily looted with many of the mosaics stolen by a Turkish Art smuggler. Fortunately these have been recovered and are now in the Byzantine museum in Nicosia Remnants of mosaics left in the church [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/b3b8eb1da630d0ac8295ca97aad28f86.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/038e60dc9108f05a093cb569f9f15525.jpg[/IMG] Mural of the Virgin Mary above main entrance [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/1857a11eeaa32522ea5602979a0ee1aa.jpg[/IMG] More murals [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/ff44068c9e89e1d6b8913e6a7b142c9b.jpg[/IMG] Detail of the ceiling [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/62bf3c3c839907247925a4b3843e1a79.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/0e58280afb9a8ca9d446eb38d28daac3.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/199597984c5c91c88c395880bbea02d1.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/f13b9bea5fa23a41337aff06018e1a35.jpg[/IMG] On to the next village and back even further in time to a 2000 year old tomb carved in bear rock. Cyprus is like that history in layers one on top of the other [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/16cf758864632cfc194d3c925e4ba1fc.jpg[/IMG] And then on to the coast, this particular one seemingly made of marble! [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/a0c922fff94f9af90ce7dc869cf26282.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/107757a08c26b6bf0dcb20f2b561af3e.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/313452921651f7ae90b9eef399a750f5.jpg[/IMG] We drive on to the monastery where we feed carrots to the wild donkeys who have learned to shamelessly beg treats from passing tourists [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/6c5a91aef4fe465d23ade89e59bbc925.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/60febf710a97c5a3aae1fd68ff86b520.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/a8f49fe9e3698bd5c13c2180906944e3.jpg[/IMG] Now were you too distracted by the donkey to pay attention to the beach in the background. Here it is then, just breathtaking, literally so [IMG]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170829/27e5c4682b5a7a88d56ed98d9443c210.jpg[/IMG] Sent from my SM-G935F using [URL=http://r.tapatalk.com/byo?rid=67]Diabetes.co.uk Forum mobile app[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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