. My experiences of Cyprus; being an account of the people, mediæval cities and castles, antiquities and history of the island of Cyprus: to which is added a chapter on the present economic and political problems which affect the island as a dependency of the British empire . Paphos. the island, Paphos was the residence of theGovernor, and therefore the capital. To-daythere are not more than a dozen or sofamilies living actually at Paphos. One willoften find incorporated in the walls of theirhuts and boundary fences fragments ofmarble columns and beautifully carvedcapitals. Close to St. Pauls
. My experiences of Cyprus; being an account of the people, mediæval cities and castles, antiquities and history of the island of Cyprus: to which is added a chapter on the present economic and political problems which affect the island as a dependency of the British empire . Paphos. the island, Paphos was the residence of theGovernor, and therefore the capital. To-daythere are not more than a dozen or sofamilies living actually at Paphos. One willoften find incorporated in the walls of theirhuts and boundary fences fragments ofmarble columns and beautifully carvedcapitals. Close to St. Pauls Columns standsa Byzantine church, which serves for theworship of the Christian inhabitants ofPaphos. It contains the usual eikons andpictures met with in Greek churches; onepicture, which appeared to be a very oldone, particularly attracted my attention, itrepresenting some saint or apostle whoseface had been obliterated. The natives arespoiling this church by erecting two gim-crack belfries at the western door, of adesign such as is executed by a pastrycookin sugar. In order to get stone for building thesemonstrosities, they were digging up anddestroying the foundations of a still older 189 My Experiences of the Island of Cyprus. building near by, beneath which again
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