Photograph·matpc.21873

St Nicholas (Cathedral) Mosque, Famagusta: the back

Rear view of the St Nicholas Cathedral in Famagusta, with tall pointed windows, palms and a dirt track in front
Photograph: 1945. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection, matpc.21873. Public domain.

Description

The photograph shows the rear and side of a large stone church with a long nave wall, pointed windows with tracery and buttresses, and carved pinnacles at the east end. Tall palm trees stand on the left and a bushy tree on the right. In the foreground a dirt track runs past a rough stone wall, and a small single-storey building with shuttered windows stands at the left edge.

English

The back of the St Nicholas (Cathedral) Mosque in Famagusta is seen from a dirt track. Tall pointed windows, buttresses and carved gables rise above a low rubble wall, with palm trees on the left.

The Library of Congress's title

Cyprus. Famagusta. The back of St. Nicholas (Cathedral) Mosque

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