Photograph·pht_08908·20th c.

A couple seated by the colonnade of the gymnasium, Salamis

Row of tall Corinthian columns at Salamis with two people seated on a stone base at right
Photograph: Edmond Torikian, 1900–99. pht_08908. "A couple seated by the colonnade of the gymnasium, Salamis". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

Description

Tall, slender columns with Corinthian capitals stand in a long line beside a dirt path, receding toward the left. Behind them stand partly ruined stone walls and fallen blocks. In the foreground a man and a woman sit side by side on a low stone base, while about ten visitors walk or stand along the path and among the ruins.

English

A row of tall Corinthian columns runs along a dirt path at the Salamis site, with ruined walls behind them. A man and a woman sit on a stone base at the right, and several visitors walk among the columns.

Title in CVAR's catalogue

Salamis

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