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.
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Knights Templar
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
Archaeological officer Elena Stylianou shows a sword thought to be from the period of the crusades on the site where a chapel of the Knights Templar was built at the Limassol medieval castle. Photo: AFP
The cross of the Knights Templar engraved on the 14th century sarcophagus of Adam de Antiochia, Marshal of Cyprus, is pictured on on the site where a chapel of the Knights Templar was built at the Limassol medieval castle, now housing the Cyprus Medieval Museum in the coastal Cypriot city. Photo: AFP
An archaeological officer shows a sword thought to be from the period of the Crusades. Photo: AFP
A Crusader tombstone on the site where a chapel of the Knights Templar was built at the Limassol medieval castle. Photo: AFP
An archaeological officer shows a comb, said to be from the time of the Crusades. Photo: AFP
Crusader tombstones on the site where a chapel of the Knights Templar was built at the Limassol medieval castle, now housing the Cyprus Medieval Museum in the coastal Cypriot city. Photo: AFP
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