Painted Churches in the Troodos Region,Cyprus.

The Troodos mountain region of Cyprus contains one of the largest groups of churches and monasteries of the former Byzantine Empire. The ten monuments included on the World Heritage List, all richly decorated with murals, provide an overview of Byzantine and post-Byzantine painting in Cyprus and bear testimony to the variety of artistic influences affecting Cyprus over a period of 500 years. The structures display elements that were specific to Cyprus and were determined by its geography, history and climate,This Fresco can be found at St Nicholas of the root Church in Troodos.
Once again, thank you Merja for this wonderful card with nice stamps.
2014 Stamp-  People of Letters and Arts series.
2016 Personalities- People of Letters and Arts-George Paraskevaides was a Cypriot philanthropist and businessman
Date of Inscription: 1985
Extension: 2001
Ref: 351bis

Thank you Merja for the nice card with beautiful stamps

2016 Stamp-Refugee stamp

2015 Stamp-People of Letters and Arts-

Loizos Philippou, 1895-1950

Paphos,Cyprus.

This heritage site is  situated in the District of Paphos in western Cyprus.It  is a serial archaeological property consisting of three components at two sites: the town of Kato Paphos (Site I), and the village of Kouklia (Site II). Kato Paphos includes the remains of ancient Nea Paphos (Aphrodite’s Sacred City) and of the Kato Paphos necropolis known as Tafoi ton Vasileon (“Tombs of the Kings”), further to the north. The village of Kouklia includes the remains of the Temple of Aphrodite (Aphrodite’s Sanctuary) and Palaepaphos (Old Paphos). Because of their great antiquity, and because they are closely and directly related to the cult and legend of Aphrodite (Venus), who under the influence of Homeric poetry became the ideal of beauty and love, inspiring writers, poets, and artists throughout human history, these two sites can indeed be considered to be of outstanding universal value.
Thank you Merja for the 2 beautiful cards representing this site and nice stamps.
Stamp 2013-
Stamp 2015-People of Letters and Arts -Persefoni Papadopoulou was not only a prominent teacher but intellectual and a leading feminist of her era,
Date of Inscription: 1980
Ref: 79