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Limassol Castle
The Limassol castle consists of a palimpsest of structures. On the exact place a 13th-century church was gradually transformed into the fort we see today. However, until its final form, edifices of distinct roles occupied the site. In chronological order these are a Byzantine basilica, the aforementioned Gothic church, a defensive tower (réduit), storage cellars, prison cells, a police station and…
Contributors
- Department of Antiquities, Cyprus
Creator
- Unknown
Publisher
- Library of Cyprus University of Technology
- Digital Heritage Research Lab
Subject
- antiquities (object genre)
- castles (fortifications)
- coastal fortifications
- fortifications
- forts
- monuments
- castle
- historic building
- historic buildings
- antiquities (object genre)
- castles (fortifications)
- coastal fortifications
- fortifications (built environment)
- monuments
- images (object genre)
- Castle
- Monument
Type of item
- IMAGE
Date
- Medieval (European) (Medieval styles and periods
- Venetian (Republic, culture or style)
- 20th century CE
- Modern (style or period)
- Medieval (European) (Medieval styles and periods
- 13th century CE
Contributors
- Department of Antiquities, Cyprus
Creator
- Unknown
Publisher
- Library of Cyprus University of Technology
- Digital Heritage Research Lab
Subject
- antiquities (object genre)
- castles (fortifications)
- coastal fortifications
- fortifications
- forts
- monuments
- castle
- historic building
- historic buildings
- antiquities (object genre)
- castles (fortifications)
- coastal fortifications
- fortifications (built environment)
- monuments
- images (object genre)
- Castle
- Monument
Type of item
- IMAGE
Date
- Medieval (European) (Medieval styles and periods
- Venetian (Republic, culture or style)
- 20th century CE
- Modern (style or period)
- Medieval (European) (Medieval styles and periods
- 13th century CE
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Creation date
- 13th century
- 12XX
- 13th century
Temporal
- Frankish (1191-1489)
- Venetian (1489-1571)
- Ottoman (1571-1878)
- British (1878-1960)
- Modern (1960-2008)
- Medieval European (1200-1499)
Places
- Limassol Castle
Identifier
- https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/45624
Language
- en
- el
- ell
- eng
Is part of
- Europeana Archaeology
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References
- [1] C. Enlart, L Art Gothique et de la Renaissance en Chypre. Paris: Republished translated and edited by David Hunt (London, 1987), 1899. [2] G. Jeffery, A Description of the Historic Monuments of Cyprus: Studies in the Archaeology and Architecture of the Island. Cyprus, 1918. [3] R. Gunnis, Historic Cyprus. A Guide to Its Towns and Villages, Monasteries and Castles. London, 1936. [4] G. Hill, A History of Cyprus, Vol. II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1948. [5] ARDAC, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities. 1949. [6] ARDAC, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities. 1950. [7] ARDAC, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities. 1951. [8] ARDAC, Annual Report of the Department of Antiquities. 1953. [9] A. H. S. Megaw, The Arts in Cyprus: B. Military Architecture, in A History of the Crusades, vol. 2, N. P. Setton, K. M., Hazard, H. W., Zacour, Ed. University of Wisconsin Press, 1977. [10] G. Perbellini, Le fortificazioni del regno di Cipro nello stato Veneto (X-XVI sec.), KS, vol. 49, pp. 193-225, 1985. [11] K. Molin, Unknown Crusader Castles. Hambledon - New York - London, 2001. [12] H. Procopiou, To Kastro tis Lemesou, in Lemesos: Taxidi stous chronous mias polis, T. Marangou, A. G., Kolotas, Ed. Limassol: Limassol Municipality Press, 2006, pp. 185 190. [13] J. S. Petre, Crusader Castles of Cyprus: The Fortifications of Cyprus Under The Lusignans: 1191-1489. Nicosia: Cyprus Research Centre, Texts and Studies in the History of Cyprus LXIX, 2012. [14] M. Olympios, Rummaging through Ruins: Architecture in Limassol in the Lusignan and Venetian Periods, in Lemesos. A History of Limassol in Cyprus from Antiquity to the Ottoman Conques, C. Nicolaou-Konnari, Angel, Schabel, Ed. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015, pp. 362-500. [15] C. Corvisier, Le chateau de Limassol, ancienne chapelle du Temple?, in L Art Gothique en Chypre, P. Vaivre, J-B. de, Plagnieux, Ed. 2006, pp. 395-399. [16] N. Corvisier, C., Faucherre, Une chapelle templiere dans la redoute turque? L enigme archeologique du chateau de Limassol en Chypre, in Utilis est lapis in structura. Melanges offerts a Leon Pressouyre, 2000, pp. 345-371. [17] Procopiou, E., (with I. Nicolaou and A. Destrooper), Lemesos. Odos Zik-Zak. Ekthesi Apotelesmaton sostikis anaskafikis Ereunas 1993,RDAC, pp. 285-322, 1997.
Providing country
- Cyprus
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-10-22T21:30:07.865Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2020-10-22T21:30:07.865Z