🏰 Kolossi Castle

Kolossi Castle is a former Crusader stronghold on the island of Cyprus, at the southwest edge of the village of Kolossi 14 kilometres (9 mi) west of the city of Limassol. It held great strategic importance in the Middle Ages, and contained large facilities for the production of sugar from the local sugarcane, one of Cyprus's main exports in the period. The original castle was possibly built in 1210 by the Frankish military, when the land of Kolossi was given by King Hugh I to the Knights Hospitaller.