Photograph·pht_SBP_0011·1964–65

Jiriti moat

Jiriti moat
Photograph: Sten Boye Poulsen, 1964–65. pht_SBP_0011. "Jiriti moat". Reproduced by permission of the Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR), Costas and Rita Severis Foundation. Resized.

English, as on the record

The Jiriti, part of the Moat of the Medieval walls of Nicosia, which also served as a football pitch, with houses overlooking it.

Inscription, as transcribed by CVAR

Ledra Palace

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