Photograph·CO 1069-706-35·1950–59

St Chrysostomos, Buffavento

Walled monastery complex with a tall cypress tree on a wooded hillside
Photograph: 1950–59. The National Archives, CO 1069/706. No known copyright restrictions. Resized.

Description

The photograph is taken from above and looks down on the walled complex, with walls and a roofed structure around a courtyard. Dense trees cover the slopes around it, and a tall cypress stands to the right. Distant hills fade into haze at the left.

English

St Chrysostomos, Buffavento: a walled complex with a courtyard and several roofed buildings on a wooded hillside beside a tall cypress tree. With another photograph on the same page.

The National Archives' description

St Chrisostomos, Buffavento

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