Photograph·CO 1069-705-09·1950–59
Kykko Monastery, Nicosia
Description
A long, pale two-storey building with a tiled roof and regular windows stands on the right of a wide dirt road. A low shed with a sloping roof stands in front of its right end, and two cattle are near it. On the left, tall dark trees line the road, and a grassy verge runs along the bottom edge. The printed caption along the bottom reads NICOSIA (Cyprus) - Kykko Monastery.
English
A postcard view of a two-storey building with a tiled roof, captioned in print as Kykko Monastery, Nicosia. A dirt road runs past tall trees on the left, and two cattle stand beside a low shed on the right.
The National Archives' description
Nicosia (Cyprus) - Kykko Monastery
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