Field photograph·C00938·1927–28

Lapithos topography: mountains, buildings and trees

Village of white houses on a hillside below rocky mountains, with trees in the foreground and a track along a retaining wall. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C00938. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Flat-roofed white houses cluster on a slope below a craggy limestone ridge. Dark trees fill the left foreground, and a dirt track runs along a stone retaining wall at lower left. Scrubby vegetation and a few bare poplars stand between the buildings, and the sky is pale.

English, translated from the original record

Topography of Lapithos, showing mountains, buildings and trees.

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