Field photograph·C09748

Building with gate and wall, Nicosia

Stone building with a tall cylindrical tower, pointed-arched windows and an iron gate, Nicosia.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C09748. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A stone building with pointed-arched windows filled with coloured glass stands behind a wrought-iron fence and gate set between two stone gate piers. A tall, tapering stone tower rises at the left edge, and a palm tree leans over the right side under a pale sky. A low stone wall runs along the foreground beneath the fence.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Stone building with pointed-arched stained glass windows, a tall round tower and an iron gate, Nicosia.
Description, scan 2
A large stone building is seen from the front-left, with pointed-arched windows filled with stained glass and a deep doorway. A tall, tapering round tower rises on the left, and a palm tree leans in from the right. In the foreground a wrought-iron railing and gate sit between two stone gate pillars, with a low stone wall along the street side.

English, translated from the original record

Building with a gate and a wall, Nicosia.