Field photograph·C10040

Ruins at Famagusta

Ruined church with broken walls and pointed window openings, rising above palm trees and scrub at Famagusta — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C10040. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A ruined stone church with a broken tower and tall pointed window openings rises above dense bushes and palm trees. Low walls and a few houses stand to the left, and another roofless ruin with a tall stump appears at the right edge. Large pale rocks lie in the foreground among scrub.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Famagusta, ruins.

Swedish, as on the record

Famagusta, ruiner. Byggnaden är antagligen Lala Mustafa Pasha Moskén (Turkish: Lala Mustafa Paşa Camii), ursprungligen Saint Nicholas katedralen.