Photograph·pht_RC_103·1954

St George of the Greeks church shown with St Nicholas Cathedral/Lala Mustafa Pasha Camii taken from the Old City Wall near the docks

St George of the Greeks church shown with St Nicholas Cathedral/Lala Mustafa Pasha Camii taken from the Old City Wall near the docks
Photograph: Richard Chamberlain, 1954. pht_RC_103. "St George of the Greeks church shown with St Nicholas Cathedral/Lala Mustafa Pasha Camii taken from the Old City Wall near the docks". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

English, as on the record

View of the old city from the Medieval walls of Famagusta near the harbour. In the background, right, the Latin Cathedral of St Nicholas (Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque) and left, the Church of St George of the Greeks.

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

St George of the Greeks church shown with St Nicholas Cathedral/Lala Mustafa Pasha Camii taken from the Old City Wall near the docks

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