Panagia Kyra

Name of structure: Panagia Kyra
Extended name of structure:
Type of structure: Church
Country or main area: Cyprus
Region within country or main area:
City or area within region: Livadia
Date of structure: 6C
Century of structure 1: 6 AD
Century of structure 2: 6 AD
Specific place of mosaic: Apse; small fragment on south wall.
Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: Orant Virgin.
Date of mosaic: 6C
Century of mosaic 1: 6 AD
Century of mosaic 2: 6 AD
Silver tessera at site: Unknown
Gold tessera at site: Yes
Colour tessera at site: Yes
Were other materials found at site (i.e., glass cakes)? n/a
Has analysis been done? No
Samples taken from where? n/a
Excavation and restoration campaigns:
Bibliography of mainly technical resources:

Michaelides, D., 'A catalogue of Hellenistic, Roman and early Christian mosaics of Cyprus with representations of human figures', Report of the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, 1987, 239-52.


Megaw, A. H. S., 'Mosaici parietali Paleobizantini di Cipro', in XXXIII Corso di Cultural sull'Arte Ravennate e Bizantina: Cipro e il Mediterraneo Orientali Ravenna, 23-30 Marzo 1985) (Ravenna: Edizioni del Girasoli, 1985), 173-98.


Megaw, A. H. S. & Hawkins, E. J. W., ‘A fragmentary mosaic of the Orant Virgin in Cyprus’, Actes du XIV Congrès International des études byzantins (Bucharest 1972), (Bucharest, 1976), 3 vols, vol. 3, 363–6.
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