Field photograph·Csn0290

Buildings and a tower with a tree in Nicosia

Elevated view over the rooftops of Nicosia, with a minaret rising among houses and a band of trees beyond.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0290. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A wide view taken from high up across a dense town of flat and pitched roofs, mostly pale rendered houses with some larger multi-storey buildings. A slender minaret rises near the centre, and a line of dark trees runs across the middle distance, with flat open country and a hazy horizon behind. The sky fills the upper half of the frame.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Rooftops of Nicosia seen from above, with a slender minaret and trees in the middle distance
Description, scan 2
An elevated view across the rooftops of Nicosia, mostly flat or tiled, with a slender minaret rising near the centre left. In the foreground a long building with an arcaded roof stands beside cypresses and other trees in the middle distance, with a faint line of hills beyond. The upper part of the frame is empty grey sky.

English, translated from the original record

Buildings, a tower and a tree in Nicosia.