Kolossi Castle
Kolossi castle is a medieval castle built in the 15th century A.D. It is also known as Koulas. The donjon lies in the vicinity of the village of the same name in the south-western outskirts of Limassol. The plain on which the castle is located is one of the agriculturally richest regions of the island from which the renowned Commandaria comes from. The order of Saint John, the owners of the castle…
Contributors
- Department of Antiquities, Cyprus
Creator
- Louis de Magnac
Publisher
- Library of Cyprus University of Technology
- Digital Heritage Research Lab Cyprus University of Technology
Subject
- antiquities (object genre)
- castles (fortifications)
- coastal fortifications
- forts
- monuments
- fortifications
- 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
- 15th century CE
Contributors
- Department of Antiquities, Cyprus
Creator
- Louis de Magnac
Publisher
- Library of Cyprus University of Technology
- Digital Heritage Research Lab Cyprus University of Technology
Subject
- antiquities (object genre)
- castles (fortifications)
- coastal fortifications
- forts
- monuments
- fortifications
- 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
- 15th 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
- 15th century
- 14XX
- 15th century
Temporal
- Frankish (1191-1489)
- Venetian (1489-1571)
- Ottoman (1571-1878)
- British (1878-1960)
- Modern (1960-2008)
- Medieval European (1200-1499)
Places
- Kolossi Castle
Identifier
- https://apsida.cut.ac.cy/items/show/45385
Format
- jpeg
Language
- el
- en
- eng
- ell
Is part of
- Europeana Archaeology
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] A. H. S. Megaw, A Brief History and Description of Kolossi Castle. Nicosia: Department of Antiquities of Cyprus, 1964. [3] E. Aristidou, Kolossi Castle Through The Centuries. Nicosia, 2004. [4] J.-B. de Vaivre, La Forteresse de Kolossi en Chypre, in Monuments et Memoires de la Fondation Eugene Piot, Tome 79., Paris: Publiers par L Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres avec le concours de la Fondation Dourlans, 2000, pp. 73 155. ( https://www.persee.fr/doc/piot_1148-6023_2000_num_79_1_1373 ) [5] P. Vaivre, J-B. de, Plagnieux, L Art Gothique en Chypre. Paris: Memoires de l Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 2006. [6] E. G. Rey, Etude sur les monuments de l architecture militaire des Croises en Syrie et dans l Ile de Chypre. Paris, 1871.( https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6261777m/f1.item.r=kolossi.zoom ) [7] M. R. Morgan, The Chronicle of Ernoul and the Continuations of William of Tyre. Oxford, 1973. [8] P. W. Edbury, The Lyon Eracles and the Old French Continuations of William of Tyre, in Montjoie: Studies in Crusade History in honour of Hans Eberhard Mayer, R. ed. Kedar, B.Z., Riley-Smith, J., Hiestrand, Ed. Aldershot, 1997, pp. 139-153. [9] 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. [10] G. Jeffery, A Description of the Historic Monuments of Cyprus: Studies in the Archaeology and Architecture of the Island. Cyprus, 1918. ( https://archive.org/details/cu31924028551319 ) [11] S. Lusignan, Description de Toute L Isle de Chypre. Paris: Republished in Nicosia, 2004, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 1580. [12] G. Grivaud, Excerpta Cypria Nova, Vol. I. Nicosia: Voyageurs Occidentaux a Chypre au XVeme Siecle, Centre de Recherches Scientifiques. Sources et Etudes de L Histoire de Chypre, 1990. [13] F. Bustron, Chronique de l Ile de Chypre. Paris: ed. Rene de Mas Latrie. Collection des documents inedits sur l histoire de France: Melanges historiques, 5, 1886. ( https://archive.org/details/chroniquedelle00bustuoft/page/n5 ) [14] S. Lusignan, Chorograffia et breve Historia Universale dell Isola de Cipro Principiando al Tempo di Noe per in Sino al 1572. Paris: Reprinted in Nicosia, 2004, Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, 1573. [15] 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. [16] R. C. Severis, Travelling Artists in Cyprus: 1700-1960. Philip Wilson Publishers, 2000.
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