Press and Information Office, Republic of Cyprus: Walled City of Nicosia, Orthodox Cathedral of Panagia Hodegetria (Bedestan) (24A-0002-0003)

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Title:	Press and Information Office, Republic of Cyprus: Walled City of Nicosia, Orthodox Cathedral of Panagia Hodegetria (Bedestan) (24A-0002-0003)
Start date:	1300
End date:	1399
Historical Period:	Late Byzantine Period
Description:	16th-century main north portal of the Orthodox Cathedral of Panagia Hodegetria. The church was built in the 14th 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). It is located directly beside the Latin Cathedral of Saint Sophia (currently Selimiye Mosque).
Place:	Orthodox Cathedral of Panagia Hodegetria / Bedesten, Cyprus
Languages:	No linguistic content; Not applicable
Medium:	stone (worked rock)
Project:	BYZART Project
Fond:	OUC Press and Information Office Republic of Cyprus
Physical type:	cathedrals (works by context) portals
Material and technique:	masonry construction (technique or process)
Data provider:	Press and Information Office, Republic of Cyprus
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Appears in Collections:	BYZART