Limassol Castle, Archaeological museum in Limassol, Cyprus.

Limassol Castle is a fortified structure with thick walls, towers, and interior chambers built from limestone blocks in Ottoman style near the old harbor. Today it houses an archaeological museum displaying artifacts spanning multiple historical periods of the island.

Archaeology shows the castle stands over an Early Christian basilica of the 4th–7th centuries and a Middle Byzantine monument of the 10th–11th centuries. Guy of Lusignan rebuilt a castle here in 1193; it is first documented in 1228, when Frederick II used it as a prison. The Venetians demolished it in 1567–1568, and the Ottomans completed the present fort in 1590.

The street beside the castle is named after Richard the Lionheart and Berengaria of Navarre, whose wedding is placed here on 12 May 1191. The Cyprus Medieval Museum opened in the castle on 28 March 1987, after the collection was moved from Nicosia in 1975.

The building sits near the waterfront area, making it easily walkable from the city center. The interior spaces are fairly compact, so you can explore the museum without extensive walking.

The castle appears in the video game Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines. A square Gothic chapel of yellowish stone, the only remnant of the Templar castle, stands above an earlier church reached by a small stair; Venetians and Ottomans used its basement as a prison.