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Field photograph·Csn0200

School at Limassol

School at Limassol: children in a paved courtyard beside a flat-roofed building with round columns
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0200. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Photograph taken from above of a two-storey, flat-roofed building with a covered arcade on tall round columns along the left. Children are spread across a pale paved courtyard in small groups, some running or bending, with long shadows on the ground. A row of children stands under a canopy by a doorway, and a printed text panel sits beneath the print.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Children in a schoolyard at Limassol beside a two-storey building with tall round columns, seen from above
Description, scan 2
A high view of a flat-roofed two-storey school building with tall round columns on the ground floor and a covered walkway. Children are scattered across a paved yard: some run or stand in small groups, a few bend low, and about seven in white shirts stand in a line by the doorway under the upper canopy. Long shadows fall across the ground, and a printed text panel sits in the lower right corner.

English, as on the record

SCHOOL AT LIMASSOL "Here children grow up and nourished under the shade of their paternal habitation. Education is mild, amiable and engaging. The triumpgh of fatherly care is to bequeath to them talents and virtues." Abbé Mariti-1760 (Travels through Cyprus) Roy Fenton

English, as on the record

SCHOOL AT LIMASSOL "Here children grow up and nourished under the shade of their paternal habitation. Education is mild, amiable and engaging. The triumpgh of fatherly care is to bequeath to them talents and virtues." Abbé Mariti-1760 (Travels through Cyprus) Roy Fenton

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