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Archaeological officer Elena Stylianou shows a sword thought to be from the period of the crusades, on January 22, 2021, on the site where a chapel of the Knights Templar was built at the Limassol medieval castle. — AFP pic
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LIMASSOL, April 18 — Fables of the Knights Templar are legend, but deep beneath a castle on Cyprus — an island once owned by the Crusader brotherhood — lies a legacy historians say still resonates today.
Down steep, narrow and uneven stone stairs in the fort of Limassol is a low-vaulted room lined with tombstones of medieval knights.