St. Nicholas, Nicosia. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close view of the doorway of the church: 'Hard by the Cathedral of St. Sophia stands a church once dedicated to St. Nicholas but now used as a granary, whose richly-sculptured portal, the subject of this photograph, is one of the finest examples to be found in C...
Entrance to the great hall [of Bellapaise Abbey]. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography 'The second illustration shows part of the arches of the courtyard, and the entrance to the Great Hall. In front of the portal, on the left, is a marble sarcophagus of the Roman period...At the time of our visit the hall was being repaired by a party of Royal En...
Greek monks. St. Pantalemoni. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Portrait Photography View looking along the arcaded vernadah of the Greek Orthodox Monastery of St Panteleimon at Myrtou in Kyrenia district, with a group of monks posed in the foreground.
Genre: Architectural Photography 'This view was taken at Famagosta from the inner side of the moat and opposite the gateway of the north-eastern angle of the wall. The prominent ruin here depicted was singled out as a good example of the present condition of a multitude of churches that were al...
The front of St. Katherine's Church (now a mosque) [sic], Famagosta. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography View of the façade, with minaret to the left. The caption is incorrect: the view in fact shows the Church of St Nicholas, later the Lala Mustafa Pasha Mosque. In the left foreground 'stands one of the most imposing specimens of the present architecture of the pl...
Entrance to the Cathedral, Famagosta. Photographer: Thomson, John
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Genre: Architectural Photography Close view from the left looking towards the triple-arched entrance to the former Cathedral Church of St Nicholas, later the Lala Mustafa Mosque.