Steni, Paphos
Steni
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| Postal code | 6368 |
| Website | http://www.steni.org.cy/ |
Steni (
Polis Chrysochous
.
In his book "Historic Cyprus" (second edition 1947), Rupert Gunnis (Inspector of Antiquities on the island at the time) writes:
"About two miles from the village lie the ruins of the rich and important Monastery of Chrysolakhourna. The original thirteenth-century church consists of a central
frescoes
. The monastic buildings are of considerable size, but are now much ruined.
A number of
Hellenic
tombs surround the monastery, and the scattered marble columns and pillars suggest that there was perhaps a heathen temple here at some period.
Just below the church is a tiny valley shaded by giant
hanged by the Turks
in 1821.
Near Steni are the Turkish mediaeval
church dating from before the time of the Turkish conquest."
