Field photograph·C06812

Famagusta, Salamis: mountain, trees and water

View through an arched opening over trees and calm water toward a distant mountain range near Famagusta — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C06812. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A dark arched opening frames a view across a dense line of trees in the foreground toward a wide stretch of water. A low, ridged mountain range runs along the horizon under a pale sky. A stone parapet or wall edge is visible at the lower left and a balustrade-like ledge at the lower right.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: The view is framed by the dark curve of an arch and a stone block at lower left. Beyond a dense band of trees in the foreground lies a flat expanse of sea, with a long low range of hills along the far shore under a pale sky.

English, translated from the original record

Photograph of Salamis, Famagusta, showing a mountain, trees and water.

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