Field photograph·JL290·1927–28

Lapithos topography: buildings, trees and mountain

Hillside village of Lapithos with white houses among trees, rising to rocky mountains, seen from a stone wall with a bare tree. — Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL290. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A view across a village of white-walled houses scattered on a wooded hillside below steep rocky mountain slopes. In the foreground a rough stone wall runs across the bottom of the frame, and a leafless tree leans in from the right. Terraced fields and a flat plain are visible toward the right edge.

Other scan of this record (1)

Description, scan 2: A village of white-walled houses is spread across a wooded hillside below steep rocky mountains. A stone wall runs across the bottom of the frame, and a bare, leafless tree leans in from the right. Terraced fields climb the slope on the right, and a flat plain lies beyond at the far right edge.

English, translated from the original record

Topography at Lapithos, showing buildings, trees and a mountain.

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