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Field photograph·Csn0199

Limassol harbour

Limassol harbour with a moored sailing ship in the foreground, small boats on the water and a church with twin towers along the waterfront.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0199. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A sailing ship with rigging and a bowsprit fills the left edge, its bow resting in the water. Small boats float on the calm harbour: a dark rowing boat in the foreground and two light boats further out with a few tiny figures aboard. Along the waterfront stand low white buildings and a church with twin towers and a dome, with hills behind under a cloudy sky.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Limassol harbour with a moored sailing ship in the foreground, waterfront buildings and a twin-towered church beyond.
Description, scan 2
A moored sailing ship with tall masts and tangled rigging fills the left foreground, its bow angled toward the camera. Small boats float on the calm water, with a few people visible in them. Beyond the quay, a row of low waterfront buildings and a church with twin towers and domes stand against low hills under a cloudy sky.

English, as on the record

LIMASSOL HARBOUR "There was great wealth there and when the ships of Venice, of Genoa, of Florence, of Pisa, of Catalonia and of all the west arrive, they found the spices there and loaded their ships with whatever they needed and went on their way to the West." Leontios Makhairas-1458 (Recital Concerning the Sweet Land of Cyprus)

English, as on the record

LIMASSOL HARBOUR "There was great wealth there and when the ships of Venice, of Genoa, of Florence, of Pisa, of Catalonia and of all the west arrive, they found the spices there and loaded their ships with whatever they needed and went on their way to the West." Leontios Makhairas-1458 (Recital Concerning the Sweet Land of Cyprus)

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