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Field photograph·C06073·1930

Kythrea. Fylleri, the rock ridge with the cave opening

Flat-topped rock ridge at Fylleri, Kythrea, with scrub trees and a stretch of water below it
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1930. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06073. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wide panoramic view of a flat-topped rock ridge rising above sloping hillside dotted with scrub and small trees. A stretch of still water lies across the middle ground, with tall conifers and bushes in the foreground. No cave opening can be picked out at this distance, and no people are visible.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Flat-topped rock ridge at Fylleri above water and tall trees, near KythreaFull resolution
Description, scan 2
A long, flat-topped rock ridge fills the centre of this wide panoramic view, its slopes dotted with low shrubs and small trees. In the foreground and middle ground, a stretch of still water lies among tall conifers and broader trees. Dry hillsides and further hills extend to the right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Kythrea. Fylleri, the rock ridge with the cave opening.

Swedish, as on the record

Kythrea. Fylleri, bergsryggen med grottöppningen. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen

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