Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·C08295

Village with buildings in the mountains, Troodos and Machairas

Village of houses clustered on a steep wooded mountainside, with a footpath climbing the slope above it.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C08295. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A village of low houses with pitched roofs sits in a steep valley, stepping down the hillside. Behind it a bare, scrubby mountain slope rises to a ridge, with a winding path cutting up its face. Trees and bushes fill the foreground, and the sky above is pale and empty.

English, translated from the original record

A village with buildings in mountainous terrain at Troodos and Machairas.