| Country |
Details |
Photo |
Description |
Year
Taken |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Theseus
|
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The city became Roman in 58 BCE and was the capital of the island.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Theseus
|
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 Mosaics along the former cloisters.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Theseus
|
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Small chamber with steps.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Theseus
|
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View across the villa.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Theseus
|
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Courtyard mosaics.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Theseus
|
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Mosaic featuring sea deities.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
|
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View of Paphos overlooking the large site.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
|
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View of the castle.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
|
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View of the lighthouse.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
|
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View of the mountains.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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The House of Dionysus is the largest area of mosaics at the site.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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The mosaics are in good condition.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Narcissus depicted admiring himself.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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The 3rd century "Phaedra and Hippolytos" mosaic photographed in 1981.
|
1981 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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"Phaedra and Hippolytos" from 2023. This is a story about a step mother falling in love with her step son. Eros is on the upper right flaming the passion with a torch.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Hippolytos (the step son) reading the love letter from his step mother.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
 |
Detail of Phaedra (the step mother) sitting on her throne and Eros.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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"The Triumph of Dionysus" showing the god returning from a military trip to India where he brought back slaves and panthers.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Detail of a captured panther from "The Triumph of Dionysus" mosaic (early 3rd century).
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Detail of a satyr like figure from "The Triumph of Dionysus" mosaic.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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The centre area of the large "The Triumph of Dionysus" room.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Castor (or Pollux), one of the twins holding a spear and his horse's reins.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Peacock in the centre of a geometric mosaic.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Detail of the 3rd century peacock with its blue tail.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Room with a geometric mosaic.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Scene showing a hunter and a raging bull.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Dog running towards a deer.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Man hunting with a spear.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Lion running.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Hunter with a dog which is biting the leg of a wild donkey.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Muflon, the ancestors to domesticated sheep.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Dog chasing a muflon.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Hunter facing a leopard.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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A bear running towards a tree.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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A tree, a boar and a tiger.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Tiger mosaic.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Hunter encountering a lion.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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An onager with its head cut off.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Room with a geometric mosaic with plants.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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"The Four Seasons".
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Large geometric mosaic (late 2nd century).
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Detail of geometric patterns.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
 |
"The Rape of Ganymede" depicts Zeus, in the shape of an eagle, carrying Ganymede away.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Close up of "The Rape of Ganymede" (3rd century).
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Detail of the head of the eagle (Zeus) and Ganymede.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Late 2nd century mosaic.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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The story of "Thisbe and Pyramos" which was the source of "Romeo and Juliet".
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Thesbe.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Pyramos in the form of a river god.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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A tiger holding the blooded veil of Thesbe (detail from "Thesbe and Pyramos").
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Ikarios in the centre of a mosaic with an ox pulled cart full of wine. To the left is Dionysus who has taught Ikarios how to make wine.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Dionysus (left) and a half naked Acme.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Ikarios, the first wine maker with his barrels of wine in a cart pulled by oxen.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Acme, the nymph companion of Dionysus.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Two inebriated wine drinkers with a caption saying "The First Wine Drinkers".
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Posidon and Amymone (a young femail deity) with Eros between them.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Posidon is the god of the sea and is holding his trident.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Apollo (right) and Daphne (centre) being transformed into a laurel tree by her father Peneus (left).
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Daphne and Peneus.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Head.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Face.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
Site / Event : House of Dionysus
|
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Scylla (one of the dogs guarding Hades) is a pebble Greek mosaic from the 3rd century BCE.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
|
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View of the sea.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
|
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View of Paphos.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
|
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The setting of the Archeological Site.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
|
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The lighthouse.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
|
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The lighthouse and its viewpoint.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
|
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The lighthouse.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Archeological Site
|
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The amphitheatre.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Agia Solomoni
|
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A tree covered with votive rags marks the entrance to Agia Solomoni.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Agia Solomoni
|
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Agia Solomoni catacomb is a shrine to a Jewish mother who became a Christian saint.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Agia Solomoni
|
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Chamber in the catacomb. The cave was used as synagogue during Roman times.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Agios Lambrianos Tomb
|
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The Agios Lambrianos Tomb dates from the early Hellenistic period.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Agios Lambrianos Tomb
|
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The tomb was once used for Christian worship.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Agios Lambrianos Tomb
|
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The site has several caves.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Agios Lambrianos Tomb
|
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The entrance to the tomb.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Agios Lambrianos Tomb
|
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The rock has been hewn from the cave.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Agios Lambrianos Tomb
|
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View to the exit.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Ancient Basilica
|
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The 4th century Basilica of Chrysopolitisa was destroyed during the 7th century Arab raids.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Ancient Basilica
|
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Inscribed stone marking the grave of Eric Ejegod, a 12th century king of Denmark who died here in 1103 on his way to a Crucade.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Ancient Basilica
|
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The site has several mosaics.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Ancient Basilica
|
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Circular mosaic.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Ancient Basilica
|
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St Paul's Pillar where tradition says Paul was whipped by the Romans for preaching Christianity.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Ancient Basilica
|
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Colonaded cloister.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Ancient Basilica
|
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Mosaics.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Ancient Basilica
|
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The site is dominated by the Agia Kyriaki Church.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Ancient Basilica
|
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The 15th century Agia Kyriaki Church is the latest incarnation of several previous versions.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Ancient Basilica
|
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Dome and cross.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Ancient Basilica
|
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View of the church.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Upper City
|
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Street scene.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Upper City
|
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Greek style building.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Upper City
|
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Pedestrian street.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
District : Upper City
|
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Painted shoe lasts.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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The Heritage Museum is in a Cypriot mansion.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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The entrance porch.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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Part of the private collection of an archaeologist.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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One of the coridors.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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The library.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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Items are displayed haphazardly around the house.
|
2023 |
| Cyprus |
City / Town : Paphos
Site / Event : Heritage Museum
|
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Sitting room.
|
2023 |
