Cyprus drawings These are samples of a 3 year commission in the 1980s to document the architectural styles of the island.
The church of Panayia Tou Arakou, Lagoudera dating from the late 12c, is a single-aisled buildingwith 3 arched recesses in each of the walls and a dome over the centre.It was re-roofed in the 18c with a steep-pitched flat-tiled roof to protect against snow. Iyt contains a fine set of wall paintings
The Buyuk Khan, Nicosia. The ‘ great inn ’ was built by Mustapha Pasha immediately after the invasion of the island in 1571 ‘for the benefit of foreigners ’. The rooms, capable of housing 67 people, are arranged on 2 floors round a courtyard in the middle of which is an octagonal mosque built over a water tank.
Nicholas Cathedral (Lala Mustapha Mosque)Famagusta. Built in the early 14C and consecrated in 1326, it was severely damaged in the siege of 1571 and converted into a mosque.
The 12C church of Panayia Katholiki, Kouklia, is cruciform with a central dome.
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