Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C06800

View of the village of Pedoulas in the Troodos Mountains

View of the village of Pedoulas in the Troodos Mountains, with houses clustered in a valley between hills.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06800. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wide view over a valley where a village of white-walled houses sits among terraced slopes. Steep, bare hills rise on both sides under a pale sky, and scrub and small trees cover the lower slopes in the foreground.

English, translated from the Swedish record

View of the village of Pedoulas in the Nicosia District of Cyprus, located in the Troodos Mountains.

Swedish, as on the record

Utsikt över byn Pedoulas (grekiska: Πεδουλάς) i Nicosia-distriktet på Cypern, beläget i Troodosbergen.