Field photograph·JL348

Ethnology photograph from Lazania: landscape with rocks, buildings and trees

Village of Lazania built on a steep dry hillside, with houses clustered among scattered trees and bare slopes
Photograph: John Lindros, Swedish Cyprus Expedition, 1927–31. Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm, JL348. Public domain (CC0).

Description

A cluster of low houses sits on a steep, dry hillside in the centre of the view. A small building with a pointed roof stands among the houses, and scattered trees grow on the slopes above and below. Bare rocky hills rise on both sides under a pale sky.

Other scans of this record (3)

  • Village of Lazania on a steep hillside, with terraced slopes, scattered trees and a single building on the right
  • Village of Lazania built into a hillside above a valley, with terraced slopes and scattered trees
  • Village of Lazania built on a steep, terraced hillside, with houses and trees below the slope
Description, scan 2
A cluster of low houses fills the middle of the view on a steep hillside. Terraced slopes climb the mountainside behind the village, with scattered trees and shrubs, and a walled enclosure stands among trees near the lower edge. A single building sits on the slope to the right.
Description, scan 3
A cluster of low, dark-roofed houses is built into the slope of a valley in the middle distance, with a few larger buildings and trees among them. Steep hillsides rise behind the village and are marked with terrace lines and scattered shrubs and trees. A winding path runs across the bare ground in the foreground under a sky with a single cumulus cloud.
Description, scan 4
A village of low houses with flat and pitched roofs is clustered on a steep hillside, with paths running between the buildings. Terraced slopes rise behind the village, dotted with shrubs and small trees, and a group of trees stands to the right. Under a partly cloudy sky, a low stone wall or enclosure sits in the foreground among scrub.

English, translated from the Swedish record

Copy photograph. Photograph by John Lindros. Cyprus ethnology. J.L.348 Remoneg.12.304. Cyprus ethnology. J.L. 348.

Swedish, as on the record

Repro. Foto av John Lindros.

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Etnologi. J.L.348 Remoneg.12.304

Swedish, as on the record

Cypern Etnologi. J.L. 348.