Field photograph·C00817

Building with a stately entrance, columns and pediment

Building with a columned porch and pediment, a man standing on the terrace, mountains rising behind
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00817. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A white-walled building with a columned porch and a triangular pediment topped by an ornamental finial. A flight of steps with a balustrade rises on the left to the raised terrace, where a man in dark clothing stands between the columns. Steep mountains rise behind the building, with small houses scattered on the slope to the right.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Columned building with a pediment and akroterion, a man on its upper terrace, mountains rising behind
Description, scan 2
A large white building with a columned portico, a triangular pediment topped by an akroterion, and a flight of steps with a balustrade running up to the terrace. A man stands in the shadowed opening behind the columns on the upper level. Rocky mountains rise behind the building, with small houses on the hillside to the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

A building with a stately entrance. Columns, capitals, pediment and akroterion. A man stands by the steps. Mountains in the background.

Swedish, as on the record

Människor ("Folk och Fä").

Swedish, as on the record

En byggnad med en ståtlig ingång. Kolonner, kapitäl, pediment och akroterion. En man står vid trappan. Berg i bakgrunden.