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Hilltop Castle in Cyprus

Hilltop Castle in Cyprus
Small castles overlooking the water are common throughout Cyprus. Many of these structures were built during the 13th- and 14-century Lusignan Dynasty. The dynasty gained control of Cyprus when Richard I seized the island in 1191 and gave it to Guy Lusignan, the titular king of Jerusalem.
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