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Field photograph·JL143

Mountain and buildings on the Karpas peninsula

Village of flat-roofed stone houses on a rocky hillside on the Karpas peninsula, with one man walking on a path
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL143. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A view across a village of flat-roofed stone houses climbing a rocky hillside. In the foreground a stone building with three arched openings stands behind a low wall, and rough stones lie on the ground. A single man in light clothing walks along a path on the left, and a small tree grows beside the houses.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Village houses on a rocky hillside on the Karpas peninsula, with a man walking on a path in the foreground.
Description, scan 2
Low houses, some whitewashed and some of stone, climb a rocky hillside under an empty sky. In the foreground a stone-walled building with three arched openings stands beside a path, with rough stone blocks and scrubby bushes below. A single man in light clothing walks along the path at the left, and a tree grows near the left edge.

English, translated from the original record

The picture shows a mountain, buildings and a person, from the Karpas peninsula.

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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)