Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C01070

Bridge over water with people, Nicosia

Two-arched stone bridge over a stream bed, with four people on the deck above, at Nicosia.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01070. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A masonry bridge with two arches spans a pale, shallow stream bed. Four people stand or sit along the top of the bridge, and one of them is beside a low cart-like object at right. Low houses and trees show in the distance at left, and a rocky bank rises beyond the right-hand arch.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Arched masonry bridge over water at Nicosia, with four people on the deck above the arches.
Description, scan 2
A masonry bridge with two arches crosses pale, turbulent water. Four people stand or sit on the bridge deck along a railing at the top of the view. Beneath the right arch a rocky outcrop rises from the water, and on the left a grassy bank and low buildings lie in the distance.

English, translated from the original record

A bridge over water, with people, at Nicosia.