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Photograph·18996i

Famagusta from a distance, with the cathedral

Distant view across walled gardens and low houses toward a large church with buttresses and a tall tower, Famagusta.
Photograph: John Thomson, 1878. Wellcome Collection, London, 18996i. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Positive from the glass negative

Description

A dirt road runs through the foreground between low dry-stone walls, with dense trees and a walled garden beside it. Beyond, flat-roofed stone houses, palm trees and the long roofline of a large church with a tall square tower rise above the greenery. Hills and a strip of sea lie along the horizon under a pale sky.

Other images (2)

  • Famagusta from a distance, with the cathedral, 1981 contact print1981 contact print
  • Famagusta from a distance, with the cathedral, The glass negativeThe glass negative

English

A distant view of Famagusta over a road and gardens, with the cathedral rising above the houses. Thomson's own caption calls it a city of churches dating back to the Crusades.

Written on the negative

City of churches dating back to the Crusades