Field photograph·JL134

Cyprus, ethnology: mountains, buildings and trees at Lazania (J.L. 134)

Village of Lazania on a hillside, with stone houses with tiled and flat roofs, a slender tower and trees.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL134. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A village of stone houses with tiled and flat roofs climbs a steep slope in the foreground. Behind the houses a slender tower rises among the buildings, and bare hills with terraced slopes fill the background under a pale sky. Bushes and trees grow in the foreground and along the right edge.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Stone houses with tiled and flat roofs climb a hillside village at Lazania, with bare hills behind.
Description, scan 2
A village of stone houses with flat and tiled roofs climbs a hillside at Lazania. A slender tower rises among the roofs on the left, and terraced slopes with scattered bushes lie behind. Trees stand at the right edge, and the sky above the hills is pale and empty.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cyprus. Ethnology. J.L. 134. The picture shows mountains, buildings, trees and handicrafts, at Lazania.

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Etnologi. J.L. 134.