Photograph·matpc.21878

Tower of St Sophia Mosque, Nicosia

Tall minaret beside stone church walls with pointed arched windows under a pale sky — Photograph: 1945. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, G. Eric and Edith Matson Photograph Collection, matpc.21878. Public domain.

Description

A tall, slender minaret of cut stone rises on the left, with a flagpole and wire beside its top. To the right, the long stone walls of the building show a large pointed-arched window with tracery and a smaller spire on the roof. A tree stands at the lower left against the bare sky.

English

A tall minaret rises on the left above the stone walls of the former cathedral, with a pointed window and buttress on the right. Another small spire stands on the roof beyond it.

The Library of Congress's title

Cyprus. Nicosia. Tower of St. Sophia Mosque

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