Field photograph·Csn0222
Nicosia: mountains, buildings and a tower
Description
A tall stone tower with a conical top and a railed balcony rises at the left above the town. Below, many houses with tiled and flat roofs spread across the plain among trees, and a long line of hills and mountains lies behind under a mostly empty sky. A printed caption card sits at the lower right of the mounted photograph.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- A brown-toned view over the town of Nicosia from a height, with a tall stone tower with a conical top and a railed balcony on the left. Rows of low houses with tiled and flat roofs, interspersed with trees and palms, stretch to the right and back toward a line of dark hills under a pale sky. A printed caption card with a quotation is mounted beneath the photograph at lower right.
English, as on the record
NICOSIA "There is another great city in Cyprus called Nicosia. It is the capital of the island, and lies under the mountains in a fine open plain with an excellent climate… It would be a long task to set down the other wonderful riches of the island or to tell of its nobles." Ludolf von Suchen, 1336-1341 (De Terra Sancta) R. O. Wideson (Image is from "Cyprus Calendar" which was published at least 1950-1954. Copies can be seen for example on website for The Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR)).
English, as on the record
NICOSIA "There is another great city in Cyprus called Nicosia. It is the capital of the island, and lies under the mountains in a fine open plain with an excellent climate… It would be a long task to set down the other wonderful riches of the island or to tell of its nobles." Ludolf von Suchen, 1336-1341 (De Terra Sancta) R. O. Wideson (Image is from "Cyprus Calendar" which was published at least 1950-1954. Copies can be seen for example on website for The Centre of Visual Arts and Research (CVAR)).