Field photograph·C08221

Paphos Castle at the western end of the city port

Description

Several wooden sailing boats with tall masts and rigging are moored in calm water in the foreground. Behind them stands a crenellated castle with a small flag on a pole, and a couple of small figures are visible on the boat at left. Booms and mooring ropes stretch across the harbour water.

English, translated from the original record

Paphos Castle is located at the western end of the city port. The picture shows boats, water and buildings.

Type: Field photograph
Number: C08221
Photographer: John Lindros
Site: Kourion (probably)
Holder's label: Paphos Castle is located at the western end of the city port. It was originally a Byzantine fortress built to protect the port. Today, the visitor can see the Western Frankish Tower with the Venetian additions as restored by the Ottomans in 1592, according to a relevant inscription above the entrance of the castle. A white marble slab (dimensions: 150 × 40 cm) above the entrance of the tower refers to its reconstruction in 1592 AD, by the Turkish governor of Cyprus Ahmet Pasha (1589–1593). The main fortress of the city was located in Saranta Kolones, about 600 meters west, and was destroyed by the earthquake of 1222. Picture in map "Paphos, Pano-Paphos Kurion, Kalavaso".
Materials: glass negative, black-and-white print
Keywords: building, castle, boats, fort, fortress, water
Held by: Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm
Licence: Public domain (CC0) (our English text: CC BY 4.0)

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