Agia Kyriaki Chrysopolitissa Church
Paphos · Catholic parish
- Locality
- Paphos
- Tradition
- Catholic parish
- Type of place
- CHURCH BUILDING
- Coordinates
- 34.75789° N, 32.41421° E
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History: Agia Kyriaki Chrysopolitissa Church
Panagia Chrysopolitissa, also called Agia Kyriaki, is a thirteenth-century church in Kato Paphos, built over the ruins of the largest Early Byzantine basilica on Cyprus. That basilica, raised in the fourth century and believed to have been the seat of the bishops of Paphos until the seventh, first had seven aisles and was later reduced to five; parts of its colourful floor mosaics survive. Within the compound stands the pillar at which, according to tradition, Saint Paul was flogged. Today the church is used by a local Catholic parish.
An interesting detail
Surviving fragments of the basilica’s floor mosaics include geometric designs with vine leaves and crosses, and some allegorical images drawn from the New Testament and the Psalms.