Kolossi Castle, Cyprus - Unravel Travel TV

Castles are an integral part of the history of Cyprus and they should be part of your sight seeing tour.

The castle behind me is Kolossi Castle and it also lends its name to the famous Commandaria Wine. The castle and the grounds itself evoke a peaceful feeling, even though the building is quite empty inside. The stonework is incredible and most visitors will enjoy exploring the staircases and battlements as well as the grounds. If you let your imagination run wild it is easy to be whisked back hundreds of years and picture life in and around this splendid building.

Lydia Kyprianides, Cyprus Tourism Guide says The Castle of Kolossi takes us back to medieval period the time of the knight of Saint John of Jerusalem 13th century when the conquered the island of Richard the Lionheart who conquered the island 1191, got married with Berengaria in the castle of Limassol and then becoming the next worthy Knight Saint John of Jerusalem. The Castle was built in the 13th century and then when the island fell into the hands of Lucinians of France the Commander Louis de Magnac reconstructed the castle, the castle was also property of the Comaro Family and its actually this castle which gave its name to our local wine Commandaria. The local wine Commandaria takes it name from the La Grande Commanderie. Which was the name of the castle in the medieval period. Since they exported the wine from the castle they gave the same name Commandaria to our local wine. Its a red sweet desert wine and its our most famous local wine. Its also our holy communion in the Greek orthodox church, symbol of the blood of Jesus.

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Used to be able to see Kolossi Castle from our bedroom window

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