Medieval museum
A varied collection.
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A stone castle by the Old Port in the heart of historic Limassol. Its present form is the Ottoman fort completed in 1590, built over an older castle that sources say Guy de Lusignan raised in 1193. Excavations beneath it found an Early Christian basilica and a Middle Byzantine building of the tenth and eleventh centuries. Tradition holds that Richard the Lionheart married Berengaria of Navarre here in 1191 and crowned her Queen of England, which gave the surrounding streets their names. The underground chamber and first floor served as prison cells until 1950. Today the castle houses the Cyprus Medieval Museum, with finds from the third to the eighteenth century, among them glazed pottery, armour, coins and gravestones. The roof looks over the old town and the Grand Mosque. It opens Monday to Saturday 09:00–17:00 and Sunday 10:00–13:00, per the official Visit Cyprus site. A paved square with cafés surrounds it, and the Old Port and Limassol Marina are a few minutes away.
A varied collection.
And its views.
Around the castle.
Richard & Berengaria streets, by the Old Port, Limassol
Tradition holds he married Berengaria of Navarre here in 1191 and crowned her Queen of England; the streets around the castle bear their names.
