Photograph·pht_08620·20th c.

Visitors on fallen blocks by the columns of the gymnasium, Salamis

Five people sit and stand on ancient stone blocks, looking up at a row of columns at Salamis
Photograph: Edmond Torikian, 1900–99. pht_08620. "Visitors on fallen blocks by the columns of the gymnasium, Salamis". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

Description

Five people sit or stand on large weathered stone blocks in the foreground, gazing upward toward a row of tall columns with carved capitals. A tall stacked column stands on the right beside scattered stone fragments on the paved ground. Two men walk in the background at right, with low trees and a hazy sky above.

English

A group of five people sits and stands on ruined stone blocks at Salamis, looking up at a row of tall columns with carved capitals. Two more people walk among the ruins on the right.

Title in CVAR's catalogue

Salamis

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