Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·Csn0206

Mesaoria

Seafront promenade with palm trees, cafe tables, parked cars, bicycles and crowds, with boats moored along the water.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0206. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A seafront promenade lined with palm trees, with rows of cafe tables and chairs and a crowd of people walking among parked cars, bicycles and a horse-drawn carriage at the lower left. Moored boats and a long jetty stand on the water behind, and a printed text card is mounted in the lower right corner of the print.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Printed photograph of a seafront promenade with palm trees, parked cars, a horse-drawn carriage and moored boats
Description, scan 2
A printed photograph mounted on card shows a busy seafront promenade lined with tall palm trees. Rows of café tables and chairs, parked cars, bicycles and a horse-drawn carriage fill the road and footpaths, with many people walking and sitting. Moored boats and a long pier stretch along the water on the right, under a hazy sky.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Mesaoria.

Swedish, as on the record

Messaorea