Photograph·pht_01819·20th c.

Ruins of the temple of Venus, Paphos, Cyprus

Scattered column drums and wall ruins across a scrubby slope, with a tree at left and hills beyond — Photograph: 1900–99. pht_01819. "Ruins of the temple of Venus, Paphos, Cyprus". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

Description

Fallen column drums and pieces of masonry lie scattered across a rough, scrubby hillside. Lengths of low wall stand among the stones toward the centre and right. A large tree with a bent trunk grows at the left, and a low ridge of hills runs across the background under a pale, empty sky.

English

Scattered column drums and low walls lie across a rough, scrubby slope at the sanctuary of Aphrodite (the 'temple of Venus') at Palaepaphos. A single tree stands at the left, with low hills beyond.

Title in CVAR's catalogue

Ruins temple of Venus in - Paphos - Cyprus

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Inscribed centre right of album: Ruins Temple of Venus in - Paphos - Cyprus -

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