Category: The Black Star Collection
Agency: Athens News
Photographer: UNKNOWN
Event Date: n.d.
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.005180

Inscriptions:
recto, [no inscription]; verso, handwritten: 1-4-55 / 11 [circled] / Cyprus, Greece / 11 [circled]; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: from BLACK STAR / GRAYBAR BUILDING NEW YORK; handwritten: g [upside down]; stamped: ATHENS NEWS PHOTO AGENCY / P. O. BOX 521 / 16 ARGENTINIS DIMOKRATIAS (VOULIS) ST. / (CONSTITUTION SQU) / ATHENS – GREECE; typed on label: 11. MEDIAEVAL [sic.] CASTLE OF ST. HILARION. / A grim, reminder of the darkest period of Cyprus’ history, this XIIth Century / castle was the fortified residence of the Lusignans, the dynasty founded by a / French adventurer, who ruled the island for three centuries.

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: MED ISLAND / CYPRUS
Retouching: N