Field photograph·Csn0231
The Ledra Palace Hotel, Nicosia
Description
A large multi-storey hotel with a tall tree filling the left foreground and a dark parked car near the arched entrance at far left. The building has pointed-arched openings, decorative iron balcony railings, round windows and a low arcaded porch, with an open paved forecourt in front. The picture is printed on a page with a text panel in the lower right corner.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- A view of a multi-storey building with pale rendered walls, tall arched openings and a row of small balconies with iron railings. A large tree fills the left side of the frame. In the foreground a wide paved forecourt runs along the front, and a lower wing with round openings and a pierced parapet extends to the right.
English, as on the record
THE LEDRA PALACE HOTEL, NICOSIA "Nicosia is supplied most healthfully and pleasantly with running water, and here the nobles of the island lived, who kept adorning it with ever new buildings, gardens and delights." Tommaso Porcacchi-1576 (L´Isole piu famose). Roy Fenton (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
THE LEDRA PALACE HOTEL, NICOSIA "Nicosia is supplied most healthfully and pleasantly with running water, and here the nobles of the island lived, who kept adorning it with ever new buildings, gardens and delights." Tommaso Porcacchi-1576 (L´Isole piu famose). Roy Fenton (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)).