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Field photograph·Csn0251

Kytenia harbour

Kyrenia harbour with moored wooden boats, tall masts and whitewashed waterfront houses behind the water
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0251. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Moored wooden boats with tall masts and rigging fill the foreground of a harbour. Behind the water, a row of multi-storey houses with balconies lines the quay, backed by hills, with a slender tower above them. At right, a boat with large furled sails sits by the quay, and a small cabin boat with an awning is at lower right.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Kytenia harbour with moored boats and sails, waterfront houses and hills behind
Description, scan 2
Several wooden boats float in the harbour water in the foreground, one with a tall mast and rigging running out of the top of the frame. Behind the quay, a row of pale multi-storey houses with shuttered windows stands below dark hills. On the right, a sailing boat with large dark sails lies beside a domed building with a slender tower.

English, as on the record

KYTENIA HARBOUR. "It is an ancient city, small but strong, and well walled, with a good harbour, which though small is closed with a chain and well defended. It is the most healthy district of the whole kingdom of Cyprus because it lies open to the west wind." Pero Tafur-1435 (Andancas e viajes). Mangoian Bros.

English, as on the record

KYTENIA HARBOUR. "It is an ancient city, small but strong, and well walled, with a good harbour, which though small is closed with a chain and well defended. It is the most healthy district of the whole kingdom of Cyprus because it lies open to the west wind." Pero Tafur-1435 (Andancas e viajes). Mangoian Bros.

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