Photograph·CO 1069-694-3·1900–10

Famagusta, Water Gate, inside

Stone city wall with an arched gateway at its centre, seen from a dirt road
Photograph: 1900–10. The National Archives, CO 1069/694. No known copyright restrictions. Resized.

Description

A broad dirt road runs from the foreground towards a long stone wall with a crenellated top. A small arched gateway with a dark opening sits at the centre of the wall, with a taller ruined section of masonry to its right. Rubble and loose stones lie along the bottom of the wall in the right foreground under a pale sky.

English

A stone wall with a crenellated top and an arched gateway at its centre, seen from the inside of the walls. A dirt road leads towards the gate, and rough rubble lies along the foot of the wall on the right.

The National Archives' description

Famagusta. Water Gate. Inside

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