Field photograph·Csn0234
A valley near Agros
Description
A wide view down a valley where a narrow road curves through dense trees and bushes on the slopes. A low stone wall crosses the left-hand hillside, and a dark wooded ridge rises on the right. Distant hills and mountains fade into pale sky at the top, and a printed caption card is mounted in the lower right corner.
Other scan of this record (1)
- Description, scan 2
- A photograph mounted on a card, with a printed caption below it. A narrow road winds down through a valley of wooded slopes, with trees and shrubs in the foreground, terrace-like banks on the left and a dark hillside on the right. Layered mountains fade into hazy distance under a pale sky.
English, as on the record
A VALLEY NEAR AGROS "Here are very beautiful hills, and pleasant and delightful valleys, always resounding with the melodious singing of birds. Here are warm sun, shady groves, dewy herbs, green grass, and soft downy meadows to lie down and rest upon." Martin von Baumgarten-1608 (Travels) Colonial Film Unit (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
A VALLEY NEAR AGROS "Here are very beautiful hills, and pleasant and delightful valleys, always resounding with the melodious singing of birds. Here are warm sun, shady groves, dewy herbs, green grass, and soft downy meadows to lie down and rest upon." Martin von Baumgarten-1608 (Travels) Colonial Film Unit (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)).