Photograph·CO 1069-701-06·1930–39
Theatre at Soli
Description
The lower print on the album page shows a semicircle of seating tiers curving down on the right toward a flat, open area enclosed by low walls of cut blocks. Beyond, grassy fields and scattered low buildings lead to a wide bay under a pale sky, with a few boats on the water.
English
A curved row of stone seating tiers rises on the right of the theatre at Soli, above a flat open area with low walls of cut blocks. The sea and a wide bay show in the distance. With another photograph on the same page.
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Theatre at Soli
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Photographs: Swedish Cyprus Expedition, Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm (CC0)