ABSTRACT
The famous Byzantine church of Panagia Phorbiotissa of Asinou is part of UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage List. Located three miles to the south of the village of Nikitari in the Troodos Mountain range, it is home to perhaps the finest examples of Byzantine mural painting on the island of Cyprus. Asinou comes from the Greek form Asine, which is an ancient city founded by immigrants from the Greek city Argolis in the 11th century BC. Once belonging to the monastery of Phorbia, the church dates from the early 12th century AD and the murals inside range from the 12th century through the 17th century.
