The Kantara medieval castle, perched on the Kyrenia mountain ridge, in the self-proclaimed Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), north of the divided Cypriot capital Nicosia. Photo: AFP
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.
This is the chapel where England s King Richard the Lionheart is believed to have been married, en route to the Holy Land in 1192.
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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.
Legacy of the Knights Templars lives on in Cyprus
AFP, LIMASSOL, Cyprus
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.
This is the chapel where English king Richard the Lionheart is believed to have been married, en route to the Holy Land in 1192.
Saint Hilarion Castle near Kyrenia, Cyprus, which was built by Knights Templar in the 10th century, is pictured on Tuesday.
Knights Templar legacy lives on in Cyprus
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18/04/2021 - 08:32 The cross of the Knights Templar engraved on the 14th century sarcophagus of Adam de Antiochia, Marshal of Cyprus on the site of a chapel at Limassol Castle Alex MITA AFP 4 min
Limassol (Cyprus) (AFP)
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.
This is the chapel where England s King Richard the Lionheart is believed to have been married, en route to the Holy Land in 1192.