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An early photograph across the plain to Lerna

1869 Probable

Baron Paul des Granges photographed the gulf of Argos from Tiryns 'in the area of the Lernaean marsh'. On the horizon the west coast of the gulf with Lerna and Myloi can be made out below the mountains. It is one of the oldest known photographs that show the area.

Note: The date of the negative is given as 1869; Myloi itself is only a distant strip of coast in the picture.

Where
Lake and marsh of Lerna, Myloi (the village)
Threads
Travellers
Certainty
Probable likely, but not fully proven

Pictures

  • 'Der Golf von Argos in der Gegend des lernaischen Sumpfes von Tirynth aus': the plain of Argos with roads and poplars, and on the horizon the west coast of the gulf with Lerna/Myloi and the mountains.

    'Der Golf von Argos in der Gegend des lernaischen Sumpfes von Tirynth aus': the plain of Argos with roads and poplars, and on the horizon the west coast of the gulf with Lerna/Myloi and the mountains. Paul baron des Granges; Fonds des Granges, Institut d'Archéologie classique, Université de Strasbourg (no. 282, ARM VI, 15)

Sources

  • Paul baron des Granges, photograph no. 282 (negative 1869, albumen print 1881), Fonds des Granges, Institut d'Archéologie classique, Université de Strasbourg (ARM VI, 15)

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