Lapithos, Cyprus. Restoration work has begun at the church of Ayios Demetrianos in Lapithos, with a nine-month conservation programme set to preserve the historic site, the UNDP said on Friday.
Project details
The project is funded by the EU and local community contributions and will be carried out under the technical supervision of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Parallel works
In a social media post, Technical Committee for Cultural Heritage co-chair Sotos Ktoris said work is also ongoing simultaneously at more than 70 cemeteries and religious sites.
He also said that, within the same contract, maintenance work will be carried out at Ayios Charalambos in Agridaki in the Kyrenia district.
Historical significance
Ayios Demetrianos was the main church in the village of Larnaka tis Lapithos, where the significant archaeological discovery of a unique Greco-Phoenican inscription, the Anat-Athena Bilingual from the 4th century BC, was found carved into the rocks of the Kyrenia mountains.
