Field photograph·Csn0189

Salamis, Famagusta: buildings, horses and people

Stone gateway at Salamis near Famagusta, with a horse carriage passing through the arch and a boy standing in the road
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0189. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A horse-drawn carriage with a seated driver passes through a large arched gateway in a thick stone wall. On the right, a massive masonry building with small arched and square openings rises above the road, beside a small arched stone structure. In the left foreground a low stone structure with arched openings stands by the road, and a young boy in a light shirt and shorts stands at the right.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Stone gateway with a horse-drawn carriage passing through its arch, and a boy standing in the road in front.
Description, scan 2
A tall stone building with small windows fills the right side of the view. A broad arch in a low stone wall on the left leads to a road, where a carriage pulled by two horses, with a driver on the seat, is passing through. A boy in a light shirt and shorts stands in the road in the foreground, and a small arched stone structure sits at the lower right.

English, translated from the original record

Photograph of Salamis near Famagusta, showing buildings, horses and people.

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