Field photograph·JL346

Cyprus ethnology photograph at Lazania, J.L. 346

Tiled-roof houses of Lazania on a terraced hillside, with a large tree in the foreground and mountains behind.
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL346. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A cluster of stone houses with pitched tiled roofs sits below a steep hillside marked with terraces and scattered shrubs. A large leafy tree fills the left foreground, and a higher ridge rises beyond the village under a pale sky. A dirt track runs past the lower houses, and no people are visible.

Other scan of this record (1)

  • Village of stone houses with tiled roofs on a steep hillside at Lazania, with trees in the foreground.
Description, scan 2
Tiled roofs cover a group of stone-walled houses clustered on a steep hillside. Terraces, shrubs and scattered trees cover the slopes behind, and a dark tree crown fills the left foreground. A dirt track runs between the houses in the lower right.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Cyprus. Ethnology. J.L. 346. Lazania: mountains, buildings, trees and crafts.

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Etnologi. J.L. 346