Field photograph·C10048
Probably an entrance to the walls surrounding Famagusta
Description
A large arched gateway pierces a thick masonry wall topped by a crenellated parapet with a row of square openings. Through the arch, the masts and hulls of several sailing boats are visible at a harbour, and a lamp post stands on the quayside. A small arched doorway is set into the wall on the right, with a small open boat lying on the ground beside it and a low shrub in the foreground.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- A large stone wall with a row of square openings along its top is pierced by a wide arched passage. Through the arch are sailing boats with masts moored on water, and a small rowing boat rests against the wall at right beside a small arched doorway. Scrubby plants and a sloping bank of earth lie in the foreground.
English, translated from the Swedish record
Copy photograph. Probably an entrance to the walls which surround the city of Famagusta in northern Cyprus.
Swedish, as on the record
Repro. Cypernexpeditionen.
Swedish, as on the record
Förmodligen en ingång till murarna som omger staden Famagusta på norra Cypern.