Photograph·CO 1069-694-17·1900–10
Mosque of St Sophia (South Side), Famagusta
Description
The photograph looks across cultivated fields and low stone walls toward the ruined south side of the Mosque of St Sophia. The church-like gabled wall with tall window openings stands at the right, with a lower wall and broken masonry to its left. Palm trees and a small whitewashed building sit among the trees in the middle distance under a pale sky.
English
A view across open fields toward the ruined south side of the Mosque of St Sophia at Famagusta, with its pointed-arched window openings and a tall palm beside it. Low stone walls and a small building stand in the foreground.
The National Archives' description
Famagusta. Mosque of St. Sophia (South Side)
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