Photograph·CO 1069-703-24·1953
Illuminations on Ayia Sofia Mosque, Nicosia
Description
The photograph is taken at night from below. Bulbs outline the words GOD SAVE THE QUEEN in a curved band that runs diagonally across the frame. A tall, thin minaret rises behind the lights on the right, and a dark stone structure fills the lower left. The surroundings are almost entirely black, with no people visible.
English
A night view of a curved line of electric lights spelling out GOD SAVE THE QUEEN across the front of the Ayia Sofia Mosque in Nicosia, with a slender minaret rising behind it.
The National Archives' description
Illuminations on Ayia Sofia Mosque, Nicosia
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