Cypriot Cultural Details: Proceedings of the 10th Annual Meeting of Young Researchers in Cypriot Archaeology

by Iosif Hadjikyriakos, Mia Gaia Trentin

There are countless references to Cyprus in in palaces, primarily that of Queen Caterina Corner, in the church of Saints Giovanni e Paolo, where the skin of Mark Antonius Bragadin (the staunch defender of Famagusta) is guarded, in the spices, and especially in the wine of Cyprus (Commandaria), that is today still recalled in Venetian sayings. The Venetian past, too, has many references in Cyprus where evidence is focused on the fortresses and fortifications of Nicosia, Famagusta and Kerynia and in the lions that adorn them as well as in traditional dishes and language. The papers presented here have been selected from 30 given at the 10th Annual Meeting of young researchers in Cypriot archaeology (POCA 10), held in Venice where it celebrated two important the 500th anniversary of the death of Caterina Cornaro (1454–1510) and the twinning of the cities of Venice and Larnaca. Papers cover a wide range of subjects reflecting the many centuries of trade in products (especially textiles) and the cultural exchange in ideas, religious practices and people between the island and City at various times from prehistory to the Ottoman period. Archaeological and historical data are brought together to showcase recent research.

234 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 27, 2015

About the author

Dr Iosif Hadjikyriakos is currently the Director of the Phivos Stavrides Foundation, Archives and Research Center, Larnaca. After his degree in the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice (Accademia di Belle Arti) in 2003, Iosif Hadjikyriakos studied Art History the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice. In 2017 he obtained the PhD in Department of History and Archaeology, section: Social Anthropoligy, of the University of Ioannina in the research field of Venetian fabrics in Ottoman Empire.

Iosif Hadjikyriakos had a collaboration, during the period 2006 2008, with the University of Padua and the Municipality of Larnaca in a research program regarding the topographical evolution of the city of Larnaca during the medieval and post medieval periods. From the year 2007 to the present day he collaborates with the Department of Antiquities of Cyprus for a project of cataloguing the graffiti of the churches in the island. In 2012-13 he had a collaboration with the University of Cyprus, Department of History and Archaeology, Mrs. E. Igoumenidou-Rizopoulou professor of Folk Art and Architecture, in a project regarding the material culture of the Venetian subjects in Larnaca during the 18th century. Since 2016 he is a Teaching Fellow at the University of Cyprus. He also published a number of scientific articles in volumes and journals.