Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Field photograph·Csn0336

Bellapais

Hillside village of Bellapais with a large ruined church among houses and trees, with the plain and sea beyond
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn0336. Public domain (CC0).

Description

Looking down over a hillside village of houses with tiled roofs toward a large ruined church with broken walls, arches and a tall slender tower at one end. A gnarled tree fills the right foreground, with dense shrubland and a flat plain stretching to a hazy sea on the horizon. A printed caption strip runs along the bottom edge.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Hillside village of Bellapais with a large ruined stone church, olive trees, and the plain and sea beyond
Description, scan 2
A view down over a hillside village of flat-roofed, light-coloured houses set among trees. A large ruined stone church with a tall tower stands in the middle of the village. Beyond it a wide plain of trees and fields runs out to the sea on the horizon, and a spreading tree fills the right foreground.

English, as on the record

BELLAPAIS "It is built on the declivity of a hill, which commands an admirable prospect, above it are other little hills, covered with groves and shrubs; and the plain below, which extends as far as the sea, adds still to the beauty of its situation." Abbe Mariti-1760 (Travels through Cyprus)

English, as on the record

BELLAPAIS "It is built on the declivity of a hill, which commands an admirable prospect, above it are other little hills, covered with groves and shrubs; and the plain below, which extends as far as the sea, adds still to the beauty of its situation." Abbe Mariti-1760 (Travels through Cyprus)