Field photograph·C01655·1929

The palace at Vouni

Excavation on a coastal hilltop at Vouni, with workers, a stone wall, rail tracks and the sea to the left.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1929. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C01655. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A hilltop excavation above the sea, with a standing man in a hat and holding a stick in the foreground beside a wall of dressed stone blocks. Seated women in headscarves and standing workers sit or stand near wooden rails and a tipping cart, with wheelbarrows and small figures further off on the slopes and a wide view of the coast to the left.

English, translated from the original record

The palace at Vouni, with people, rails and water visible.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)