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Field photograph·C09738

Wall construction and tree in the Kyrenia Mountains

Ruined stone tower on a rocky hilltop with an arched doorway, overlooking scrubby hills and the sea in the Kyrenia Mountains
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09738. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A ruined stone tower stands on a rocky hilltop, its upper walls broken and an arched doorway at its base. Below, a wide view runs over scrubby hills and terraced slopes to a faint strip of sea on the left under a hazy sky. Rough rocks and low scrub fill the foreground, with a few small dark trees at the left edge.

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  • Ruined stone tower on a hilltop, with the sea and scrubby hills spread out below it
Description, scan 2
A ruined tower of rough stone stands on a rocky hilltop, with an arched doorway at its base and openings broken into its upper walls. Low rocks lie in the foreground, and beyond the ruin a wide view runs over scrub-covered hills and down to a pale coastline and the sea under a hazy sky. A few small trees appear at the left edge.

English, translated from the original record

Field photograph of a wall construction with a tree, in the Kyrenia Mountains.

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