Series·Swedish Cyprus Expedition
Kyrenia, the northern range and Bellapais
90 field photographs · 1927–31
Sites: Kyrenia, Karavas, Peristerona, Kantara
This series holds 90 photographs of Kyrenia and the north coast, kept with the expedition's archive and not tied to any excavation. They show the harbour and the town, roads and walls in the Kyrenia range, the abbey of Bellapais, and the Byzantine chapel of the monastery of St Chrysostomos; single photographs show Karavas, Kantara and Peristerona. The expedition's Volvo appears on a mountain road.
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Not all of them are expedition field photographs. About sixteen are printed views captioned in capitals with a quotation from an older writer on Cyprus, among them views of the monastery of Machairas, and six prints are marked with the name Vessberg. Dates are not recorded for single photographs; the museum gives the span of the expedition's years.
The expedition worked on this coast from its first season, when Erik Sjöqvist began excavating the tombs at Vrysi tou Barba, Lapithos, in September 1927. For its excavations here see the Lapithos fieldwork series, the photographs of swimming at Kyrenia in the people and expedition life series, and James Stewart's finds from Vounous below Bellapais in the other excavations series.
Sources
- Göransson, K. 2012. 'The Swedish Cyprus Expedition, the Cyprus collections in Stockholm and the Swedish excavations after the SCE'. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42, p. 405.
C00008Bathing beach at Kyrenia
C00485Volvo car in the Kyrenia Mountains
C00488Kyrenia Mountains
C00702Buildings, people and chairs in the Kyrenia Mountains
C00916Kyrenia, part of the harbour
C00924Sea View Hotel in Kyrenia
C00940Karavas: Solon and Kristos sitting outside a building
C00972The road from Kyrenia to Nicosia
C00973Monastery with buildings, a cross and a hill
C01048Construction, people and trees in the Kyrenia Mountains
C01050Kyrenia Mountains with a construction and people
C01524View from a window of buildings with mountains in the background
C01530Kyrenia Mountains
C01533Kyrenia Mountains, landscape with water and plants
C01592Sand, beach and water
C01598Kyrenia Mountains
C02191Kyrenia Mountains with grass, water and a road
C02600Toulis driving the Ford car N520 at Kyrenia
C03202Souidos under Keratas pine tree, Kyrenia
C05657Kyrenia Mountains
C06264Monastery at Peristerona
C06803Landscape with a building and water in the Kyrenia Mountains
C08200Kyrenia Mountains with bushes, buildings and a person
C08201Building among grass and trees in the Kyrenia Mountains
C08213People, grass and trees in the Kyrenia Mountains
C09730Kyrenia Mountains with wall and tree
C09731Kyrenia Mountains, with a building and trees
C09732Excavation with stone construction in the Kyrenia Mountains
C09733Kyrenia Mountains
C09734Kyrenia Mountains
C09735Kyrenia Mountains, bushes, trees and a construction
C09736Kyrenia Mountains with wall and tree
C09737Kyrenia Mountains: rocks and trees
C09738Wall construction and tree in the Kyrenia Mountains
C09739Kyrenia Mountains
C09740Mountain landscape with bushes and a construction in the Kyrenia Mountains
C09760Kyrenia Mountains with a car, bushes and a person
C09763Threshing grain at Kyrenia
C10031Monastery building with staircase and tree
C10032Monastery building with window and brick
C10033Westholm, Gjerstad and Sjöqvist in a monastery cloister
C10034Monastery building with a flag and a cross
C10035Monastery with a cross, a gate and chairs
C10036Monastery building with cupboard and cloth
Csn0237Kyrenia Mountains: mountain landscape with a wall and stones
Csn0238Kyrenia Mountains with clouds and trees
Csn0239Landscape in the Kyrenia Mountains
Csn0240Kyrenia Mountains
Csn0241Window, construction and trees in the Kyrenia Mountains
Csn0242Mountain landscape with bushes and a construction in the Kyrenia Mountains
Csn0243Mountain road with bushes, Kyrenia Mountains
Csn0244Kyrenia Mountains, Vessberg 2:8 1/2
Csn0245Construction, wall and tree in the Kyrenia Mountains, Vessberg 2:5
Csn0246Kyrenia Mountains
Csn0247The Dome Hotel, Kyrenia
Csn0248Yachts at Kyrenia
Csn0249Kyrenia
Csn0250The Amiandos asbestos mine
Csn0251Kytenia harbour
Csn0252Kyrenia: buildings, boats and water
Csn0253Building, stones and water in the Kyrenia Mountains
Csn0254Kyrenia Mountains with trees and a vault
Csn0255Kyrenia Mountains
Csn0256Kyrenia Castle
Csn0258Kyrenia Mountains, with a person and a donkey
Csn0273Kyrenia harbour with Hilarion in middle distance
Csn0325Monastery: wooden objects and cloth
Csn0326Monastery building with a door and a staircase
Csn0327Abbey of Bella-Paise, Kyrenia: building with stone vault
Csn0328Abbey of Bella-Paise, Kyrenia: building with stone vault
Csn0329Monastery, Vessberg 2:24: building with brick and trees
Csn0330Monastery: building, bush and brick (Vessberg 2:13)
Csn0331Monastery, Vessberg 2:16
Csn0332Monastery: building with brick and a tree (Vessberg 2:20)
Csn0333Monastery: building of stone and brick (Vessberg 2:17)
Csn0335Byzantine chapel, St. Chrysostomos Monastery
Csn0336Bellapais
Csn0337Belfry at Makheras Monastery
Csn0338Chapel in the Solea Valley
Csn0339St Chrysostomos Monastery
Csn0341Machairas Monastery, building with people and trees
Csn0342Kykko Monastery
Csn0343Khrysoroyiatissa monastery: building with a vault and a man
Csn0344Monastery building with brick and trees
Csn0345Monastery building with brick vaulting
Csn0346Bellapais Abbey, cloister arches
Csn0347Monastery building with brick vaulting
Csn0890Kantara Castle
Csn0899Sponges at Kyrenia
JL352Interior of a monastery?
Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)