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Field photograph·Csn0190

Building with a wall and a tree at Salamis

Ruined church of Ayia Sophia (St. Nicholas) at Famagusta, seen from the south-east, with palm trees and low walls in front
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0190. Public domain (CC0).

Description

The ruined church stands behind a low stone wall, with a tall tower on the left and pointed arched windows, buttresses and pinnacles along its walls. Palm trees grow in front of it, and a single-storey building with a flat roof sits at the right. The sky is pale and the foreground grass lies in shadow.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Ruined Ayia Sophia (St. Nicholas) church in Famagusta seen from the south-east, with palm trees and a low wall in front.
Description, scan 2
A roofless stone church stands with tall buttresses, pointed window openings and a slender spire-like pinnacle behind, seen from the south-east. Palm trees grow in front of its walls, and a low stone wall and flat-roofed single-storey buildings run along the foreground. A bare tree stands at the right edge against a pale sky.

English, as on the record

A.M.7. FAMAGUSTA, AYIA SOPHIA (ST. NICHOLAS). From the South-East. Antiquities Department, Cyprus.

English, as on the record

A.M.7. FAMAGUSTA, AYIA SOPHIA (ST. NICHOLAS). From the South-East. Antiquities Department, Cyprus.

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