Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Walled city of Nicosia, Church of Panagia Hodegetria (Bedesten or Bedestan, Exterior, view of the building (A1599)

Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Walled city of Nicosia, Church of Panagia Hodegetria (Bedesten or Bedestan). The Orthodox Cathedral of Panagia Hodegetria was built in the fourteenth century over an early Christian basilica and was expanded in the 15th and 16th centuries. During the Ottoman dominion, it was used as a bedestan (covered market). Exterior, view of the building. Photograph taken 1940.