Photograph·TIMEA 10026·1900
Monastery of Bella Pais
Description
Pointed arches of a ruined arcade run across the left side of the image, with a tall wall pierced by windows behind them. On the right stands a bell tower with a pointed doorway at its base, next to lower ruined buildings. Dense bushes fill the foreground and rocky hills rise against a pale sky behind the ruins.
English
arches and the ruined walls of the Bellapais monastery rise above dense shrubs, with a bell tower and a pointed-arched doorway on the right. Rocky hills rise behind the ruins.
TIMEA's description
Majestic structure in hills. Black-and-white photograph.
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