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FRANKISH (LUSIGNAN) PERIOD

The castle of Kolossi was rebuilt in the mid-fifteenth century. It belonged to the Order of the Knights Templar before it was given in 1210 to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, the Knights Hospitallers   The castle of St. Hilarion. The Byzantines built a church and then a monastery in memory of St. Hilarion in the 10th century. In 1228 the Lusignans converted the place into a fortified castle   The castle of St. Hilarion. The Byzantines built a church and then a monastery in memory of St. Hilarion in the 10th century. In 1228 the Lusignans converted the place into a fortified castle     The walls of Famagusta   Famagusta gate in Nicosia   The last queen of Cyprus Ekaterini Kornaro. She ruled Cyprus from 1473 to 1489     The tower of Othello built by the Lusignans and later on remodelled by the Venetians. The main entrance has over it the winged Lion of the Republic of Venice and the name of Nicolo Foscarini, a Venetian Captain who remodelled the castle in 1492   The Church of Panagia tou Arakou or tou Arakos or Arakiotissa can be found to the west of the village of Lagoudera on the road to the village of Sarandi. The paintings inside this church date back to 1192   The Church of Panagia tou Arakou or tou Arakos or Arakiotissa can be found to the west of the village of Lagoudera on the road to the village of Sarandi. The paintings inside this church date back to 1192

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