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Fresco, Panagia tou Moutoulla church, Moutoullas, Cyprus

Descent of Christ into Hell, with Christ standing on broken gates pulling Adam from Hell with Eve on left, and David, Solomon and St John the Baptist on right, fresco, detail, late 13th century, on the north wall of the nave of the Church of Panagia tou Moutoulla, a Byzantine church built 1280, in the village of Moutoullas, in the Troodos mountains of Cyprus. The church was founded by Ioannis Gerakiotis and his wife Irene and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Descent of Christ into Hell, with Christ standing on broken gates pulling Adam from Hell with Eve on left, and David, Solomon and St John the Baptist on right, fresco, detail, late 13th century, on the north wall of the nave of the Church of Panagia tou Moutoulla, a Byzantine church built 1280, in the village of Moutoullas, in the Troodos mountains of Cyprus. The church was founded by Ioannis Gerakiotis and his wife Irene and is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen