Field photograph·JL015

Buildings and trees among mountains at Machairas, Troodos

Whitewashed buildings with tiled roofs among pine trees on a wooded mountainside at Machairas, Troodos.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL015. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A whitewashed building with a tiled roof and open doorways stands on a terrace above a stone retaining wall, with a smaller building to the left. Pine and other trees cover the steep slopes rising behind and below, and more stepped terraces run down the right side of the hill.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Whitewashed buildings with a tiled roof and stone terraces on a wooded hillside at Machairas, Troodos.
Description, scan 2
A row of whitewashed single-storey buildings with a low tiled roof sits on a terrace above a stone retaining wall, with more stone terraces stepping down the slope. Dense pine trees and shrubs cover the steep hillside behind and below, and a small separate building stands among the trees on the left. No people are shown, and the view is taken from below, looking across the valley.

English, translated from the original record

Buildings and trees among mountains at Machairas, Troodos.