Field photograph·C10043

Famagusta, view from above

View over Famagusta from above, with flat fields, low houses, palm trees and the sea on the horizon — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, C10043. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wide view across flat, cleared fields with low stone walls and a single small tree in the foreground, looking over the town towards the sea on the horizon. Low flat-roofed houses, palm trees and a few taller buildings stand in the middle distance, and a long ruined wall with arched openings runs along the left edge.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Famagusta, view from above.

Swedish, as on the record

Famagusta, utsikt från ovan. I bakgrunden finns förmodligen ruinerna av Saint Nikolaus katedral, nu Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque (Turkish: Lala Mustafa Paşa Camii).