Description

The Catacomb of Ayia Thekla (not literally a catacomb), is a cave or tomb carved in stone, few metres from the chapel of Ayia Thekla. It is believed that in 1571, the Turkish General Piele Pasha landed here with his troops and marched to Famagusta where they assisted General Mustafa in the siege of the town.

Its shape looks more like a free double cross. This is the form we often find in paleochristian Churches. It is possible that the cave was a small, underground Church and that it was abandoned when the paleochristian basilica was built.