- Kolossi
Infobox Settlement
subdivision_type=Country
subdivision_name=Cyprus
subdivision_type1=District
leader_title=Mayor timezone=EET
utc_offset=+2
timezone_DST=EEST
utc_offset_DST=+3postal_code_type=Postal code
official_name = Kolossi
native_name = Κολόσσι
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shield_size = 210px
subdivision_name1 =Limassol District
population_total = 3685 ["Statistical Service of the Republic of Cyprus", 2001 Population Census, MS Excel document [http://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics.nsf/All/A5E0A9096615A568C2257122003FB72E/$file/POPULATION%20BY%20MUNICIPALITY_COMMUNITY-EN.xls?OpenElement] ]population_as_of = 2001
elevation_m = 50
latd =
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longd =
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postal_code = 4632
leader_name = Loukas Demetriou
website = http://www.kolossi.orgKolossi "(Greek: Κολόσσι)" is a village on the outskirts of the city of
Limassol ,Cyprus . It is built close to the imposing castle which bears the settlement's name. Its population in 2001 was around 4,000 inhabitants.The
Kolossi Castle is a stronghold a few kilometers outside the city of Limassol on the island of Cyprus. It held a great strategic importance and contained production of sugar, one of Cyprus' main exports in the Middle Ages. The original castle was possibly built in 1210 by Frankish military when the land of Kolossi was given by King Hugh I to the Knights of the Order of St John of Jerusalem (Hospitallers) (see also Commandaria), and the present castle was built in 1454 by the Hospitallers. Besides the Hospitallers, other dwellers in the castle include Richard the Lionhearted, and the Templars.References
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