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Photograph·pht_00762·c.1918

Ruins of Famagusta St. Georges Cathedral

Ruins of Famagusta St. Georges Cathedral
Photograph: Avedissian Bros, c.1918. pht_00762. "Ruins of Famagusta St. Georges Cathedral". 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 showing a view of Famagusta looking towards the sea. On the left is the Nestorian Church (Church of St. George) and on the right in the distance is Lala Mustafa Pasha mosque (St. Nicholas Cathedral)

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Printed bottom centre: 3. Ruins of Famagusta St. Georges Cathedral

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