It is claimed that this crusader’s castle is the very place that Richard the Lionheart spent his honeymoon with his Queen Berengaria - a bit unlikely as this fortress was not built until after his death! Kolossi was occupied by the Knights of the Order of St John in the early 1300s, and even after the Order transferred its headquarters to Rhodes Kolossi continued to be the base for their military force. Indeed the friars dominated the area and reaped the rewards from its productive plantations.
