Description
Agios Georgios (St George) at Peyeia is a well-known pilgrimage site on Cape Drepanon in the Pafos district in the west of Cyprus. In this area, between 1952 and 1955, the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus excavated three Early Christian basilicas and a bath, all dated to the 6th century. The excavations were continued by the Aristotelean University of Thessaloniki in 1992-98, and then taken over by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture’s Archaeological Expedition in Cyprus in 1999. During the excavations an extensive unwalled settlement was revealed occupying the neck and the south slope of the cape in the Roman and Early Christian periods. The settlement flourished under Justinian I (527-565 A.D.).
Location
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Archaeological Site of Agios Georgios at Pegeia, Agiou Georgiou, Peyia, Cyprus