Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C06767

Nicosia

Eucalyptus trees framing a view across fields to a white building and a mountain in Nicosia
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06767. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Tall pale-trunked eucalyptus trees frame the foreground, with leafy branches spreading across the top and bottom of the view. Beyond a foreground of scrub and bare ground, flat fields and a fence line lead to a single white two-storey building at the foot of a mountain ridge under a pale sky.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Pale-trunked trees frame a view across open land to a white building and a mountain near Nicosia.
Description, scan 2
Tall trees with pale, peeling trunks frame the view in the foreground. Beyond a wire fence and open flat ground, a white building stands in the middle distance, with a mountain rising behind it under a pale sky.

English, translated from the original record

Photograph of Nicosia, with a mountain, a building and trees in view.