The Island of Cyprus. Photographic Itinerary.
Kallimages| N° d'inventaire | 31806 |
| Format | 17 x 24 |
| Détails | 240 p., paperback |
| Publication | Paris, 2006 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782915936018 |
At the beginning of the 19th century, the island of Cyprus was often just a port of call on the way to the Orient. It was little known, with some travelers even contenting themselves with looking at the coast from the deck of the ship when they reached Larnaca. Then, throughout the century, explorers, scholars, scientists, and finally "tourists" set foot on the island and enthusiastically discovered its wonders: the dead city of Famagusta, Nicosia, which the Lusignans made their capital, the charming little port of Kerynia, Limassol, near which Richard the Lionheart landed, or Paphos, whose name alone is enough to evoke Aphrodite, the most beautiful of goddesses. The old photographs gathered in this book are an invitation to discover the unusual charm of Cyprus and its inhabitants in the company of travelers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
At the beginning of the 19th century, the island of Cyprus was often just a port of call on the way to the Orient. It was little known, with some travelers even contenting themselves with looking at the coast from the deck of the ship when they reached Larnaca. Then, throughout the century, explorers, scholars, scientists, and finally "tourists" set foot on the island and enthusiastically discovered its wonders: the dead city of Famagusta, Nicosia, which the Lusignans made their capital, the charming little port of Kerynia, Limassol, near which Richard the Lionheart landed, or Paphos, whose name alone is enough to evoke Aphrodite, the most beautiful of goddesses. The old photographs gathered in this book are an invitation to discover the unusual charm of Cyprus and its inhabitants in the company of travelers from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.