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Cyprus: The Crusades and Richard the Lionheart
Byzantine emperor and his wife. (Comemnos)
Miniature painting showing Saladin (L) and Guy de Lusignian (R), future king of Cyprus.
Ship of the period. Oldest view of stern rudder.
Icon showing Crusaders arriving in Cyprus.
Reenactment of Richard I's marriage to Berengaria in Limassol Castle.
The hermit St. Neophytus being carried to heaven.
Medieval English tiles showing Richard I and Saladin doing battle.
Fontevraux Abbey, burial place of Richard I.
Effigies of Richard I and his sister (rear).
Warships (Cogs) in action, ca. 1300.
Royal coat of arms of Cyprus with the crest of Jerusalem ( upper left), of the Lusigian (upper right), of Armenia (lower left) and of Cyprus (lower right).
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