Vintage Landscapes

An old Postcard depicting Mitata. Source unknown. The reverse side of this postcard is also in the category on the site.

The fishing village at the southern tip of Kythera; a supply ship from the mainland puts in once a week. On a clear day you can see Crete, 64 kilometres across the water One of 22 photographs in a supplement on Kythera,...

Published by Librairie Hachette, Paris, 1888 The print measures 119mm x 60mm

View of Mitata, probably from somewhere close to Kepriotianika. Year unknown, but the quality of the photograph suggests that it is pre-1950. Note how the terraces are still cleared - now they are mostly overgrown.