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Exploring Cyprus Kykkos Monastery
By: Swedish Nomad Last updated: March 20, 2021 Home / Europe / Cyprus / Kykkos Monastery in Cyprus - How to get there and more info Want to visit the famous Kykkos Monastery in Cyprus? It's located in the Troodos Mountains in the Nicosia district and is one of the best-known monasteries on the island.
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Kykkos Monastery in Cyprus
Kykkos monastery is dedicated to the Virgin Mary (Panagia) and this is the reason the locals call it "The Panagia tou Kykkou". The monastery was founded in 1100, during the reign of Emperor Alexios Komninos, and now is the largest and the most charismatic monastery on the island. The museum is an integral part of the monastery and houses a priceless collection of icons.
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Exploring Cyprus Kykkos Monastery
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The Throne of Panagia is located northwest of the Monastery of Panagia Kykkos. It is a spot of impressive beauty, an inaccessible mountain peak with an altitude of about 1450 meters. The area is directly connected to Kykkos Monastery. It is characteristic that Panagia Kykkos, during the years of Venetian rule on the island, 1489-1571, was.
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Kykkos Monastery ( Greek: Ιερά Μονή Κύκκου or Κύκκος [ locally [ˈt͡ʃikʰos]] for short, Turkish: Cikko Manastırı ), which lies 20 km west of Pedoulas, is one of the wealthiest and best-known monasteries in Cyprus .
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back to top Located in the mountainous region of Marathasa Valley, the Monastery of Kykkos is the wealthiest and most lavish on the island, and stands on a mounta.
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The Monastery of Kykkos, the richest and most lavish of the monasteries of Cyprus, is found in the region of Marathasa. Home; Nicosia; Nicosia within the walls; Limassol;. Operating Hours: The Monastery and the Museum are open daily: November - May: 10:00 - 16:00, June - October: 10:00 - 18:00.
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The Monastery of Kykkos is dedicated to Panagia (the Virgin Mary) and contains one of the three icons attributed to Agios Loukas the Apostle and Evangelist. The monastery is the richest and most lavishly adorned Monasteries in Cyprus and tourists visit it by the bus load..
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Cyprus, Europe Kykkos Monastery & Around This museum houses much of Kykkos Monastery 's fabulous wealth, including Byzantine and ecclesiastical artefacts. On the left when you enter is an antiquities display. In the large ecclesiastical gallery are early Christian, Byzantine and post-Byzantine vestments, vessels and jewels.
Museum of Kykkos Monastery in Cyprus
The Museum of Kykkos Monastery is an integral part of the monastery and houses a priceless collection of icons, consecrated vessels, manuscripts and Cypriot antiquities. The Monastery itself is the richest and most lavish of Cyprus' monasteries and sits on a mountain peak, at an altitude of 1.318 metres northwest of Troodos.
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The Holy Monastery and the Museum of Our Lady of Kykkos is one of the three largest and most historic Holy Monasteries of Cyprus. It is also one of the 5 Stavropegic Monasteries of the Church of Cyprus and its Abbot is the respective Metropolitan of Kykkos. Photo: Sotiris Giannopoulos
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Museums The best-known and richest monastery of Cyprus, Kykkos Monastery was founded in 1100 and dedicated to the Virgin Mary. It possesses one of three surviving icons ascribed to Saint Luke. It is covered in silver gilt, enclosed in a shrine of tortoise shell and mother of-pearl, and stands in front of the iconostasis.
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The Holy Monastery of the Virgin of Kykkos was founded around the end of the 11th century by the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos (1081 - 1118). The Museum contains invaluable religious relics and objects full of meaning and history. The museum divided to four rooms: 1. Antiquities. 2.
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The Museum of Kykkos Monastery is an integral part of the monastery and houses a priceless collection of icons, consecrated vessels, manuscripts and Cypriot antiquities.