Kalopanagiotis () is a village in the

Nicosia District The Nicosia District, or simply Nicosia (also Lefkosia and Lefkoşa), is one of the six districts of Cyprus. Its main town is the island country's capital city, Nicosia. The de facto TRNC-controlled northern part of the district is the Lefkoşa ...

Cyprus Cyprus (), officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Situated in West Asia, its cultural identity and geopolitical orientation are overwhelmingly Southeast European. Cyprus is the List of isl ...

, located 3 km north of

Moutoullas Moutoullas ( [], ) is a mountain village in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, at an elevation of in Marathasa Valley. In 2011, it had a population of 174. The old village church, the 13th-century chapel of ''Panayia tou Moutoulla'', is one of the ...

in the

Troodos Mountains Troodos or Trodos is the largest mountain range in Cyprus, located in roughly the center of the island. Its highest peak is Mount Olympusalso known in Greek as at . Covering a third of Cyprus's area, the Troodos mountain range stretches across ...

. It lies in

Marathasa Valley Troodos or Trodos is the largest mountain range in Cyprus, located in roughly the center of the island. Its highest peak is Mount Olympusalso known in Greek as at . Covering a third of Cyprus's area, the Troodos mountain range stretches across ...

. The village and its architecture include cobbled streets and footpaths, chapels and churches. Houses with tiled rooftops, balconies, courtyards and shady vine trees are characteristic of the village. The village is surrounded by the green vegetation of the Setrachos Valley. In the village, there are a number of churches and chapels, such as the churches of Saint Marina and Panayia Theotokos, the chapels of Saint Andronikos and Saint Athanasia, Saint George, Saint Kyriakos, Archangelos Michael, Saint Sergios and Bachos and Panayia Theoskepasti. The most notable Byzantine monuments in the area include the monastery of Saint John Lampadistis, and the Kykkos watermill. The monastery of Saint John Lampadistis is one of the ten

Painted Churches in the Troödos Region The Painted Churches in the Troödos Region () is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Troödos Mountains of central Cyprus. The complex comprises ten Byzantine churches (buildings), Byzantine churches and monasteries richly decorated with Byzantine ...

, which were inscribed as a

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in 1985 because of their outstanding frescoes and testimony to the history of Byzantine rule in Cyprus.

Gallery

Monasterio de San Juan Lambadistis, Kalopanagiotis, Chipre, 2021-12-13, DD 23.jpg, Saint John Lampadistis Kalopanagiotis Kreuzigung.jpg, Christ's way to the Crucifixion Kalopanagiotis Koenige.jpg, Three biblical Magi

References

Communities in Nicosia District {{NicosiaDistrict-geo-stub