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

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Title:	Department of Antiquities, Republic of Cyprus, Walled city of Nicosia, Church of Panagia Hodegetria (Bedesten or Bedestan, Exterior, view of the building (A1599)
Start date:	1300
End date:	1399
Historical Period:	Late Byzantine Period
Description:	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.
Place:	Orthodox Cathedral of Panagia Hodegetria / Bedesten, Cyprus
Languages:	No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium:	stone (worked rock)
Project:	BYZART Project
Fond:	OUC Department of Antiquities Republic of Cyprus
Physical type:	cathedrals (works by context) churches (buildings)
Material and technique:	masonry construction (technique or process)
Data provider:	Open University of Cyprus
License:	All rights reserved
Appears in Collections:	BYZART