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| [ Untitled ] 17.5 x27.5 cms..... Plates 195 and 196"........The fourth day, a little while after we had left the village of Cytheria, we came to a Fountain called Cifalofriso which signifies the head of the water, for which reason it is particularly to be remarked from whence it comes, being it is under a hill. This water runs from thence into several parts of the island: Above where it meets, it appears in an oval form, and by its swift current it makes several turnings, as it is represented in plate 195. In the shady part the place is seen from whence the water runs beneath the rock........" ".......When we were departed from thence we came at noon to the Monastery of St. Chrysostom, in the neighbourhood whereof on a high hill is seen in the remainder of a very great building; after dinner I went thither accompanied with three persons, but before we were got half way, the Greek which I had brought with me from Larnaca , was tired and stayed there because this is a very craggy hill. The other two , whereof one belonged to the last village where I lay, and the other to the Monastery, kept continually with me to show me the way: But we were obliged to stop at least a dozen times to take breath, because one cannot go up there without much trouble and danger, to that I may say I never did travel in so much hazard. And because the hill was so craggy we were for the most part of the time obliged to creep upon all four, and on what side so ever we cast our eyes, nothing was to be seen, but what would make ones hair stand an end on his head. When we were at the top I found we had been an hour and a half coming up. Nothing appears here but a solid rock, and a great many ruinated chambers, and great stone cisterns that served heretofore to keep water, by which it may easily be judged, that it was a very great building. It consists of several parts but not all built on the same ground, for some are built on higher and others on lower ground. On the top of this hill one may see the sea on all sides except one, and also the whole island, and chiefly one may distinctly see Nicosia, and a great many villages that are in the plain, which make it a pleasant prospect. Having stayed a little while there we came down again and returned to the Monastery, which I went immediately to take a draught of as also the mountain which I have just now mentioned, on top of which is seen the remains of this great building, this is represented in plate 196, the Monastery of St. Chrysostom is in the middle....." Price: CyP 300 |