Photograph·CO 1069-694-5·1900–10
Mosque of St Sophia (west front), formerly Church of St Nicholas, Famagusta
Description
The main west facade is shown centre-frame, with a tall tower at the left, a large window with tracery, and three pointed arched doorways below. In the foreground, a long shed-like row of covered stalls with wooden posts stands in front of the facade, and low ruined walls and a small domed structure appear at the left. Palm trees and a bare tree frame the scene against a pale sky.
English
The west front of the Mosque of St Sophia in Famagusta, formerly the Church of St Nicholas, rises above a low foreground of ruined walls and a row of covered market stalls. A tall slender tower stands at the left of the facade, and three pointed doorways sit beneath the gable of the front.
The National Archives' description
Famagusta. Mosque of St. Sophia (west front) formerly Church of St. Nicholas
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