The medieval chapel of Agia Aikaterini is found in the centre of the Pyrga village, next to the new church of Agia Marina.
It is a 15th century (more precisely 1421) construction and it was initially dedicated to the Passions of the Lord, by the King Ianos and his second wife, Carlotta.
Architecturally it belongs to the Gothic style of the 14th century and it was part of the Latin Monastery that existed in the area. Its frescoes were made by a Cypriot who mastered 3 different painting schools, the Byzantine, the Italian and the Roman of northwestern Europe.
The greatest part of its frescoes was destroyed due to long term abandonment. Today it is under the responsibility of the Department of Antiquities and it is one of the few monuments that you can freely visit, since there is no entrance.
In Cyprus, there are two more Churches of the same architectural technique and those are the ones of Agia Varvara in Sotira of Ammochostos, and of Our Lady of the Carmelites in Polemidia of Limassol.
