Welcome to my Art and Architecture Worlds website, dedicated to architecture, art, archaeological sites, and the adventures of travel. You can keep up with my travels with Smithsonian Journeys . I'll be in Italy through the fall of 2023, and Egypt in November. I hope to add some new postings for the blog then. See the Contact page if you want to e-mail me.
If you want any of my books—or books with my articles in them—see my author’s page on Amazon (click here). Most of my academic articles are available, however, on this page as downloadable .pdfs (click here). My book, Palermo: Travels in the City of Happiness, is out in Kindle e-book and paperback versions, both available through Amazon. My most recent book, The Hippodrome of Istanbul / Constantinople (2019), with 82 illustrations, is also available on Amazon, paperback only,
The Stones of Famagusta Documentary
If you’d like a DVD of my documentary film The Stones of Famagusta: the Story of a Forgotten City (70 min; 2008) email me at allanlangdale1@gmail.com. To see a 7-minute sample trailer for the film on YouTube, click here. For a general factsheet about the film click here. If you are interested in Famagusta, you'll also be interested in Dan Frodsham's wonderful film on the restoration of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste in the church of St Peter and Paul and Famagusta. Click here to view.
YouTube Videos
Click here for all my more recent YouTube videos, but below are the links to some earlier ones:
A religious procession in Seville, Spain, Easter weekend.
The grotto shrine of Agios Phanarios in northern Cyprus.
The Lambousa fish traps in northern Cyprus.
The Lambousa rock-cut tombs in northern Cyprus.
Some great waves and shores north of Santa Cruz.
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