Field photograph·Csn0332

Monastery: building with brick and a tree (Vessberg 2:20)

Ruined monastery at Bellapais with pointed arches and tall cypress trees around a grassy courtyard
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0332. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A view through a dark doorway frame onto a grassed courtyard of the ruined monastery at Bellapais. A row of pointed arches stands across the middle distance, with tall cypress trees on the lawn and low hedges along the far side. Behind the arches are a stone building with a tiled roof and a stone wall, and on the right a recessed niche above a carved stone block.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Ruined monastery with pointed arches around a grassy courtyard and a tall cypress tree.
Description, scan 2
Across a grassy courtyard, a tall cypress stands before a row of ruined pointed arches and a masonry wall. On the right, a niche with a carved surround and a stone block below sits in the ruined wall. Low buildings and a hedge appear beyond the arches.

English, translated from the original record

Monastery, Vessberg 2:20. Building with brick and a tree.