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Field photograph·JL326·1927–28

Photograph from Lapithos

Village street in Lapithos with a stone church bell tower and whitewashed houses with shuttered windows
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–28. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL326. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A view down a village street in Lapithos, with a stone church bell tower and open belfry on the left beside a tiled roof. Whitewashed two-storey houses with shuttered windows, an arched doorway and a wooden balcony line the street, and a large white building stands on the hillside above. Trees and distant hills fill the background, and a few small figures are near the doorways and at the bottom of the street.

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Description, scan 2
A village street seen from above, with a stone bell tower topped by a cross on the left beside a stone church roof. Whitewashed houses with wooden balconies and shuttered windows line the lane, and a large white building stands on the hillside at the top right. A few people sit on steps near the centre, one man stands at a gateway at the bottom, and bare trees and cypresses fill the middle distance.

English, translated from the original record

Ethnology photograph from Lapithos.

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