Field photograph·C06283

The hut in 'Måndalen' (Moon Valley), Machairas

Hut in Måndalen (Moon Valley) near Machairas, among pine trees on a wooded hillside
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06283. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wooded hillside with pines and scrub rises to a rounded summit under a pale sky. Two low white buildings with flat roofs sit in a clearing on the slope, and stone terraces step down below them. Trees fill the foreground and the lower valley.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Wooded mountainside in Måndalen, Machairas, with a small hut among pine trees on terraced ground.
Description, scan 2
A steep hillside covered with pine trees and scrub rises under a pale sky. Two low buildings with light roofs sit on terraced ground in the middle distance, partly hidden by the trees, and stepped paths run down the slope below them.

English, translated from the Swedish record

The hut in Måndalen ('the Moon Valley'). Machairas.

Swedish, as on the record

Hyddan i måndalen. Macheras. Svenska Cypernexpeditionen