Photograph·pht_RC_127·1954
Columns of the Salamis gymnasium palaestra
Description
A long row of tall columns with carved Corinthian capitals runs across the middle of the picture, with a second line of columns at the left. In the foreground, low stone walls, scattered blocks and rubble lie on the ground. Behind, a stone wall and dense trees close the scene under a pale sky.
English
Rows of tall Corinthian columns stand around the open paved court of the gymnasium palaestra at Salamis, with low walls and fallen stones in the foreground.
Title in CVAR's catalogue
By the eighth century Salamis was the greatest of the Cypriot city-kingdoms
Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR
By the eighth century Salamis was the greatest of the Cypriot city-kingdoms
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