Paphos, the south-west of Cyprus

Saranda Kolones Castle, Paphos

Remains of the Forty Columns Fortress, erected around 1200 CE after the Frankish conquest of Cyprus on the site of an earlier Byzantine fort. It was destroyed by the earthquake of 1223 and never rebuilt. The building was a compact fortress surrounded by a massive external continuous wall with eight towers and a moat. The outer entrance of the castle was situated in the east square tower. It was approached by a wooden bridge over the ditch. The interior of the fort consisted of a square yard with four towers.

Photo by Ludo Kuipers, Fri May 06, 2016
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