Conservation work underway at Syngrasi church

Conservation work on the Ayios Prokopios church in the village of Syngrasi, near Trikomo, is underway, technical committee on cultural heritage co-chairman Sotos Ktoris said.

He said the committee’s advisory body had made a visit to the village and the church on Wednesday to inspect the site, which was built on the ruins of an early Christian basilica in the sixth century.

Parts of that basilica, including its marble floor, survive to this day, and were incorporated into the...