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Field photograph·C06789

Kouklia village towards the south

Kouklia village seen from higher ground, with low houses spread across the plain under a pale sky.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06789. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A view across a stony, open plain toward a village of low flat-roofed houses, clustered in the middle distance and spreading to the right. In the foreground stand several small trees with dense rounded crowns, one with a gnarled trunk at the lower left, and a few sparse bushes dot the ground. The sky is pale and hazy, with a low line of hills on the far right.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Kouklia village seen across a stony plain, with trees in the foreground
Description, scan 2
A view across a stony, arid plain towards a village of low, flat-roofed houses clustered in the middle distance. Two trees with dense foliage stand in the foreground, with a third tree to the right, and the ground is covered with pebbles and rocks. The sky is pale and largely empty, and the print is mounted on a grey card with a number written in the lower corner.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Kouklia village towards the south. Copy photograph.

Swedish, as on the record

Kouklia by mot söder. Kouklia (grekiska: Κούκλια, turkiska: Kukla) är en by i distriktet Pafos där Afrodites helgedom ligger.

Swedish, as on the record

Repro. Cypernexpeditionen.

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