Panagia Kanakaria
| Name of structure: | Panagia Kanakaria |
| Extended name of structure: | |
| Type of structure: | Church |
| Country or main area: | Cyprus |
| Region within country or main area: | |
| City or area within region: | Lythrankomi |
| Date of structure: | 5C, 7C, 12C. |
| Century of structure 1: | 5 AD |
| Century of structure 2: | 12 AD |
| Specific place of mosaic: | Originally in apse and in sancturary intrados. Looted in 1979; pieces recovered and returned to Cyprus in 1983, 1991, and 1997. Currently kept at? |
| Brief descriptive contents of mosaic: | Enthroned Virgin with Christ child, archangels, saints, flora, fauna. |
| 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)? | Unknown. |
| 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, The Church of the Panagia Kanakaria at Lythrankomi in Cyprus. Its Mosaics and Frescoes (Washington, 1977). |
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| Comments: | Department of antiquities report on the mosaic lootings and recovery: http://www.mcw.gov.cy/mcw/DA/DA.nsf/All/5C63072411078AB9C22572750055D67D?OpenDocument |