Photograph·575645i

Famagusta: the ruins of the palace

Ruined stone building with a tall pointed window rising above low rubble walls, with palm trees behind it — Photograph: Album of views, c.1880. Wellcome Collection, London, 575645i. Public domain (Public Domain Mark).

Description

A ruined stone building with a tall pointed window and empty openings stands at the right of the view, its upper walls broken. Low lines of rubble walls run across the dry ground in the foreground and middle distance. Palm trees and scattered low buildings fill the background under a pale sky. No people are visible.

English

The ruins of the palace at Famagusta, a broken building with a tall pointed window, with rubble walls in the foreground and palm trees beyond. The album's caption calls it the ducal palace.

Written in the album

Ducal palace at Famagousta