Also known as the Chrysosotiros church, [1] the Cathedral of the Holy Transfiguration of the Saviour [2] is a church in Larnaca, Cyprus.
Larnaca is a city on the southern coast of Cyprus and the capital of the eponymous district. It is the third-largest city in the country, after Nicosia and Limassol, with a metro population of 144,200 in 2015.
It is located at the Plateia Mitropoleos. [3]
(At the church gate there is a nameplate, where the first word of its Greek name is, ΜΗΤΡΟΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΟΣ.)
"The necropolis [outside the city walls of the city-kingdom of Kition] extends from the Ayios Prodromos and the area of Ayios Ioannis "Pervolia" and "Mnimata" (Northern Necropolis) to Ayios Georghios Kontos and the Chrysosotiros church (Soteros quarter), (Western Necropolis)." [4]
A necropolis is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek νεκρόπολις nekropolis, literally meaning "city of the dead".
Kition, also known by its Latin name Citium, was a city-kingdom on the southern coast of Cyprus. It was established in the 13th century BC.
Pervolia, also spelled Perivolia, is a village located in the Larnaca District of Cyprus.
It "is the most extensively investigated burial ground on the island of Cyprus". [5]
Amathus or Amathous was an ancient city and one of the ancient royal cities of Cyprus until about 300 BC. Some of its impressive remains can be seen today on the southern coast in front of Agios Tychonas, about 24 miles (39 km) west of Larnaca and 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Limassol. Its ancient cult sanctuary of Aphrodite was the second most important in Cyprus, her homeland, after Paphos.
Human habitation of Cyprus dates back to the Paleolithic era. Cyprus's geographic position has caused Cyprus to be influenced by differing Eastern Mediterranean civilisations over the millennia.
Salamis is an ancient Greek city-state on the east coast of Cyprus, at the mouth of the river Pedieos, 6 km north of modern Famagusta. According to tradition, the founder of Salamis was Teucer, son of Telamon, who could not return home after the Trojan war because he had failed to avenge his brother Ajax.
The Prehistoric Period is the oldest part of Cypriot history. On Cyprus, the earliest traces of human presence and of contacts with the mainland date to ca. 10500-10000 BC, or perhaps even earlier, as some evidence suggests. Hunter-gatherers, whose chipped stone industry may be roughly compared to Levantine Epipalaeolithic traditions, visited the island periodically, obtaining their food by collecting shellfish and the hunting of birds and reptiles. Wild boar was also hunted; as this species is absent from Pleistocene paleontological assemblages on the island, it is possible that it was introduced to Cyprus, a fact suggesting that these people were already masters of the art of navigation. The role of humans in the extinction of the endemic Pleistocene species, such as pygmy hippos and elephants, is much debated. Traces of such short, seasonal visits are known from Aetokremnos, a collapsed rock shelter located at the tip of the Akrotiri Peninsula, and in small open-air sites at Aspros, on the western coastline of Akamas Peninsula and Ayia Napa- Nissi Beach in the south-east of the island.
Idalion or Idalium was an ancient city in Cyprus, in modern Dali, Nicosia District. The city was founded on the copper trade in the 3rd millennium BC. Its name in the 8th century BC was "Ed-di-al" as it appears on the Sargon Stele of 707 BC, and a little later on the nl:Prism of Esarhaddon.
Hypogeum or hypogaeum literally means "underground", from Greek hypo (under) and gaia. It usually refers to an underground temple or tomb.
Aglandjia is a suburb and a municipality of Nicosia, Cyprus. The municipality has a population of 20,783 (2011) and is contiguous with Nicosia Municipality.
The Church of Saint Lazarus, is a late-9th century church in Larnaca, Cyprus. It belongs to the Church of Cyprus, an autocephalous Greek Orthodox Church.
A rock-cut tomb is a burial chamber that is cut into an existing, naturally occurring rock formation, so a type of rock-cut architecture. They are usually cut into a cliff or sloping rock face, but may go down from fairly flat ground. It was a common form of burial for the wealthy in ancient times in several parts of the world.
Larnaca District Museum is a museum in Larnaca, Cyprus that has displays that show the "historical development of the city of Kition and the District of Larnaka in general." It was inaugurated in 1969. and was formerly named Larnaca District Archaeological Museum. It is controlled by the Department of Antiquities.
The Sargon Stele was found in the autumn of 1845 in Cyprus on the site of the former city-kingdom of Kition, in present-day Larnaca to the west of the old harbour of Kition on the [archaeological] site of Bamboula. The language on the stele is Assyrian Akkadian.
Prodromos is a neighborhood in Larnaca, Cyprus.
The Lefkaritis Tomb is a hypogeum—a type of tomb—in Larnaca, Cyprus.
Agios Georgios is a refugee settlement in Larnaca, Cyprus, established as a consequence of the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
Mnemata is a locality in Larnaca, Cyprus. An archaeological site named the Mnemata Site is located here. Over the site a supermarket now stands.
The Mnemata Site is an archaeological excavation site at the Mnemata locality of Larnaca, Cyprus. A tomb was discovered in 1979—during the construction of a refugee settlement.
Ayios Antonios is a Neighbourhood, Quarter, Mahalla or Parish of Nicosia, Cyprus and the parish church thereof.
Ayios Andreas or Tophane is a Neighbourhood, Quarter, Mahalla or Parish of Nicosia, Cyprus. In September 1945, the Ottoman name of Tophane was changed to Ayios Andreas, but there is no parish church of that name.