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Panagia tou Araka

Lagoudera, Cyprus

The Panagia tou Araka, or Arakos, is a middle Byzantine Orthodox church located in Cyprus. It is one of the most well-known and completely preserved middle Byzantine churches with mural paintings. The church is one of the ten Painted Churches in the Troödos Region, which was listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985 because of its importance to the history of Byzantine rule in Cyprus.

Monastery data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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