Field photograph·Csn1735·1927–1931

Building facade with a vault, North Africa

Tall tower with tiled panels beside a whitewashed building with a deep arched doorway — Photograph: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn1735. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A tall tower with patterned tiled panels and arched openings rises above a whitewashed building. In the foreground a deep arched doorway flanked by small columns sits beneath a balcony with a balustrade, while a plain wall with small square openings stands at left. The ground in front is bare earth with sparse low plants.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Building facade with a vault, North Africa.

Swedish, as on the record

Föremålsbild, fynd från Svenska cypernexpeditionen. Nord-Afrika.