L'île de Chypre. Itinéraire photographique. Extrême-Orient from different European countries

from different European countries

a priest of Jerusalem

and the interior design of the Brazilian pavilion at the Cité Universitaire in Paris

To those who give themselves up too easily

because instead of denying the past

L'île de Chypre. Itinéraire photographique. Extrême-Orient from different European countriesAt 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,