Field photograph·Csn3629·1927–28

Lapithos topography: mountains, buildings and trees

Rocky village street in Lapithos with whitewashed buildings, trees and mountains rising behind — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, Csn3629. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A rough unpaved track runs between a plastered stone building with shuttered windows on the left and a whitewashed house with an arched doorway on the right. Beyond, white houses are scattered across a wooded slope, with dense trees filling the valley and rugged mountains rising under a cloudy sky.

English, translated from the original record

Topography of Lapithos, showing mountains, buildings and trees.

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