LEVKOSIA THE CAPITAL OF CYPRUS (1881)

ISBN: 9781164838814

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When, after passing a pleasant range of hills, Levkosia first bursts upon the sight, with her slender palms and minarets, seated in a desert plain, a chain of picturesque mountains as the backround, it is like a dream of the Arabian Nights realised – a bo

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2010

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When, after passing a pleasant range of hills, Levkosia first bursts upon the sight, with her slender palms and minarets, seated in a desert plain, a chain of picturesque mountains as the backround, it is like a dream of the Arabian Nights realised – a bouquet of orange gardens and palm trees in a country without vendure, an oasis encircled with wall framed by human hands.
Great is the contrast between the town and its surroundings, and greater still between the objects within the city. There are Venetian fortifacations by the side of Gothic edifices surrounded by the Crescent, on antique Classic Soil. Turks, Greeks and Armenians, dwell intermingled, bitter enemies at heart, and united solely by their love for the land of their birth.
These contrasts from the principal charm of Levkosia; and my object in publishing the following pages of my journal is to record my impressius during the months of January and December a few years ago. I hope that my descriptions will be aided by the accompanying sketches in conveying a faint picture of the brilliant panorama still dazzling my eyes.

Ludwig Salvator, 1881

CONTENTS

  • General Remarks upon the City
  • The City Walls
  • The Divisions of the Town: Architeture and Interior or the Houses – Gardens
  • Mosques (Tekke) – Tombs of the Saints
  • Churches and Monasteries
  • Public Buildings: Baths – Inns – Bazaars
  • Population – Habits- Amusements – Authorities
  • Industry and Trade

82 pages, b&w ills / 21 x 28 cm / English

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