Photograph·pht_08750·20th c.

Visitors among the columns of the palaestra, Salamis

Tall fluted columns at Salamis, with a woman standing at right and a seated person at left
Photograph: Edmond Torikian, 1900–99. pht_08750. "Visitors among the columns of the palaestra, Salamis". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

Description

Four tall fluted columns with carved capitals stand in a row over a paved area, with a large tree behind them and a low wall of stone ruins to the right. A woman in a dark top and trousers stands at right, holding a folder and looking towards the camera. A younger person sits on a stone block at left near the column bases, and broken stone pieces lie among the ruins.

English

Tall fluted columns with carved capitals rise above the ruins of the Salamis Gymnasium, the Palaestra. A woman stands at right holding a folder, and another person sits on a stone block at left.

Title in CVAR's catalogue

Salamis

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