Lemesós, city in southern Cyprus, capital of Lemesós district, on Akrotiri Bay (an arm of the Mediterranean Sea), near the capital city of Nicosia. Lemesós is the leading city of the southern coast. Its exports are agricultural products, wines, and chromite, asbestos, and ocher. Citrus fruits, barley, and livestock, olives, and nuts are grown in the surrounding area; food products, building materials, wines and brandy, perfumes, tobacco products, and beer are manufactured in the city. Lemesós is the site of a technical school. The ruins of Kolossi Castle, where King Richard I of England is supposed to have honeymooned with Berengaria in 1191, are to the west; also nearby are the ruins of the 11th-century BC Mycenaean colony of Curium. The ruins of Amathus, founded by the Phoenicians in 1100 BC, are to the east of the city. In the city itself is a 12th-century Venetian castle, now a jail, in the chapel of which Richard and Berengaria are said to have been married. The city is called Lemesos by the Greeks and Lemesós by the Turks. Population (1997 estimate) 152,900.Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2001
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