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Legacy of the Knights Templars lives on in Cyprus
AFP, LIMASSOL, Cyprus
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.
This is the chapel where English king Richard the Lionheart is believed to have been married, en route to the Holy Land in 1192.
Saint Hilarion Castle near Kyrenia, Cyprus, which was built by Knights Templar in the 10th century, is pictured on Tuesday.