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Field photograph·JL144

Karpas peninsula and Galinoporni: mountain, buildings and trees (JL 144)

Village of Galinoporni on a hillside in the Karpas peninsula, with stone houses, a rocky hill and trees.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL144. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A village of flat-roofed, plastered stone houses spreads up a slope below a rounded, rocky hill. In the foreground a low stone wall with an arched opening stands beside a dirt track, and young trees grow among the houses and along the path. The sky above the hill is pale and empty.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Galinoporni village of whitewashed houses on a slope below bare hills, with a stone wall and trees in the foreground.
Description, scan 2
A village of whitewashed houses and walled courtyards climbs a slope below a bare, rocky hill. In the foreground a dirt track runs past a low stone wall with an arched opening on the left, and a few scattered trees stand on the open ground.

English, translated from the original record

Karpas peninsula and Galinoporni, showing a mountain, buildings and trees.

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