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Photograph·pht_00699·c.1918

Interior view of the Cathedral of St. Sophia

Interior view of the Cathedral of St. Sophia
Photograph: Mangoian Bros., c.1918. pht_00699. "Interior view of the Cathedral of St. Sophia". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

English, as on the record

Black and white photographic postcard of the interior of Selimiye Mosque in Nicosia

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Printed bottom left: INTERIOR VIEW OF THE CATHEDRAL OF ST. SOPHIA (NOW MOSQUE), NICOSIA (CYPRUS)

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