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Field photograph·Csn0211

Limassol harbour

Limassol harbour with sacks stacked on the quay beside moored sailing boats and a waterfront of buildings and a domed church
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0211. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A quay in the foreground is piled with large sacks, and a wooden sailing boat loaded with more sacks lies alongside, with a small rowing boat nearby. Tall masts and rigging frame the view across the water to a waterfront of white and low buildings, with domed church towers on the right. Several men are visible in and around the boats.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Limassol harbour with sacks stacked on the quay beside moored sailing boats and a domed church behind the waterfront.
Description, scan 2
A photograph mounted on a card shows a quay stacked with sacks, with a sailing boat moored alongside and men working on its deck. Across the water, low warehouses, white houses and a domed building with towers line the shore under a cloudy sky. A printed text block and a handwritten number sit below the photograph.

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 arrived, 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) Mangoian Bros.

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 arrived, 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) Mangoian Bros.

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