limestone complex depicting the abduction of a woman, Cypro-Archaic II / Cypro-Classical i period (early 5th c. BC), Vouni (palace) 16.8.17 Vouni. The colours change so quickly that it is impossible for me to capture them. Opposite is Turkey, to the west Pentadaktylos and behind me the Troodos mountains.

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limestone complex depicting the abduction of a woman, Cypro-Archaic II / Cypro-Classical i period (early 5th c. BC), Vouni (palace)

16.8.17 Vouni. The colours change so quickly that it is impossible for me to capture them. Opposite is Turkey, to the west Pentadaktylos and behind me the Troodos mountains.

I arrived late and the lower door was locked, so I walked the winding uphill road to Vouni. Reaching the top, the view is universal and eerie. As if the trapeze-shaped mountain borders infinity. I felt awe because of the high elevation, the views in blues, in greens. One immediately understands why the palace was built there. It controls everything.

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18.4.22 Vitsada, below Pentadaktylos, in the afternoon.

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limestone complex depicting the abduction of a woman, Cypro-Archaic II / Cypro-Classical i period (early 5th c. BC), Vouni (palace)

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limestone complex depicting two pigeons or doves kissing, Cypro-Classical I period (5th c. BC), unknown provenance (one of the thousands of Cypriot antiquities that Luigi Palma di Cesnola sold to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in the late 19th c.)

9.8.21 Dawn in the fertile valley of Marion, Polis Chrysochous.

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marble head of Aphrodite, Hellenistic period (3rd-2nd c. BC), Soloi-Cholades 15.8.21 Vouni and Petra tou Limniti, towards Soloi.

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15.8.21 Vouni and Petra tou Limniti, towards Soloi.

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12.8.21 Marion/Arsinoe.

limestone statue of a young girl, early Hellenistic period (3rd c. BC), Vitsada 18.4.22 Vitsada, below Pentadaktylos, in the afternoon.

limestone statue of a young girl, early Hellenistic period (3rd c. BC), Vitsada

18.4.22 Vitsada, below Pentadaktylos, in the afternoon.

marble statue of Aphrodite Anadyomene (rising from the sea), late Hellenistic / early Roman period (1st c. BC), Galini (ancient Soloi) 16.8.21 Vouni as seen from Soloi at sunset.

marble statue of Aphrodite Anadyomene (rising from the sea), late Hellenistic / early Roman period (1st c. BC), Galini (ancient Soloi)

16.8.21 Vouni as seen from Soloi at sunset.

limestone complex depicting the abduction of a woman, Cypro-Archaic II / Cypro-Classical i period (early 5th c. BC), Vouni (palace)

16.8.17 Vouni. The colours change so quickly that it is impossible for me to capture them. Opposite is Turkey, to the west Pentadaktylos and behind me the Troodos mountains.

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upper part of limestone female statue; she is wearing rows of necklaces and is holding a bull, Cypro-Archaic I period (late 7th-6th c. BC), Arsos (Larnaka District)

30.9.21 Visiting Arsos, at last.

limestone male statue, Cypro-Archaic II period (late 6th c. BC), Lefkonoiko

4.8.21 The fields of Lefkonoiko in the early afternoon.

marble head of Aphrodite, Hellenistic period (3rd-2nd c. BC), Soloi-Cholades

15.8.21 Vouni and Petra tou Limniti, towards Soloi.

limestone stele with standing woman, Cypro-Classical I period (second half of the 5th c. BC), Polis Chrysochous (ancient Marion)

12.8.21 Marion/Arsinoe.

limestone statue of a young girl, early Hellenistic period (3rd c. BC), Vitsada

18.4.22 Vitsada, below Pentadaktylos, in the afternoon.

marble statue of Aphrodite Anadyomene (rising from the sea), late Hellenistic / early Roman period (1st c. BC), Galini (ancient Soloi)

16.8.21 Vouni as seen from Soloi at sunset.