The Ayios Philon Church
It has been constructed on ruins dating from the Hellenistic
and Roman periods.
Philon
is the saint who converted the people of Karpaz to Christianity
in the 4th century. The church comprises a three-part apsis
and a courtyard surrounded with columns.
There
are colourful mosaics on the floor. A domed church was built
in the 12th century on the ruins of the old building destroyed
by the Arab pirates. It also has a cistern and a baptising
room. The region it is in, is the vicinity of the town of
Karpasia in the Phoenician period.
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