Amathus () was one of the most ancient royal cities of Cyprus, on the southern coast in front of Agios Tychonas, about 24 miles west of Larnaca and 6 miles east of Limassol.

The wedding was held in Limassol on 12 May 1191 at the Chapel of St. George.

Yuri Gagarin was elected an honorary citizen of the cities of Kaluga, Novozybkov, Novocherkassk, Lyubertsy, Sumqayit, Smolensk, Vinnytsia and Sevastopol, Saratov, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Tyumen ( the USSR ), Orenburg ( Russia ), Sofia, Pernik, Plovdiv ( Bulgaria ), Athens ( Greece ), Famagusta, Limassol ( Cyprus ), Saint-Denis ( France ), and Teplice ( Czech Republic ).

In The Kyrenia Gate which was responsible to the transport to the north, and especially Kyrenia, the Famagusta Gate which was responsible for the transport from Famagusta, Larnaca and Limassol and Karpasia, and the Paphos Gate for transport to the west and especially Paphos.

Limassol was probably built after Amathus had been ruined.

Limassol was conquered in July 1570 without any resistance.

The first British governor of Limassol was Colonel Warren.

The first marxist groups in Cyprus formed in Limassol in the early 1920s ; in 1926, the Communist party of Cyprus was formed in the city.

Andreas Christou, an AKEL member, was reelected mayor of Limassol in December 2011 to serve his second five-year term.

The sixth Junior Eurovision Song Contest was held in Limassol, in the Spyros Kyprianou Athletic Centre.

Also, in the Limassol district the Cyprus Rally was hosted for World Rally Championship and currently is organizing the Intercontinental Rally Challenge.

Berengaria married Richard I of England on 12 May 1191 in the Chapel of St George at Limassol and was crowned the same day by the Archbishop of Bordeaux and Bishops of Évreux and Bayonne.

During the crusades, Commandaria was served at the 12th century wedding of King Richard the Lionheart to Berengaria of Navarre, in the town of Limassol ; it was during the wedding that King Richard pronounced Commandaria " the wine of kings and the king of wines ".

The English king had not originally intended to conquer the island, however when his invading fleet was scattered by a storm en route to the siege of Acre, three of his ships were driven to the shores of Cyprus, where they were wrecked and sank in sight of the port of Limassol.

He was re-elected at the 1993 CHOGM in Limassol for a second five-year term, beginning on 1 April 1995.

Following complaints from local broadcasters like Lumiere TV, which had bought local rights to show English football and other programming, the decision was made to encrypt the signal, starting with Nicosia in April 1997 and ending with Larnaca and Limassol in May 1998.

After Larnaca, they moved to Limassol, which was also sacked, as well as the city's castle.

Limassol was occupied again.

A sizeable over-the-horizon radar antenna was erected within the base raising concern for the effect on local wildlife and on the health of people living in nearby Limassol.

Kyprianou was born in Limassol in 1932.

At a critical moment Grivas was secretly and safely transferred to Limassol in Pachykostis ' car, which is currently exhibited at the EOKA museum in Nicosia.

Night view between Agios Athanasios junction and Mesa Geitonia junction in Limassol

The town of Limassol is situated between the ancient towns of Amathus and Curium ( Kourion ).

Limassol is today the largest ship management service centre in Europe with more than 60 shipmanagement companies located in the city, as due to the Cyprus Shipping tax system ( a choice between corporation tax or a tonnage tax system ) it makes it very attractive for ship management companies to have their main offices in Limassol.

Limassol has begun work on a project to build a new marina located to the west of Limassol Castle, between the old and new ports.

During the first quarter of September, the great Wine Festival of Cyprus takes place in the Limassol Municipal Garden, every evening between 8. 00 hrs-23. 00 hrs.

Pissouri is a village located in Limassol ’ s district, Cyprus ( thirty kilometres westwards of Limassol ’ s centre ), between Limassol and Paphos.

Limassol has two Ports, commonly referred to as the " old port " and the " new port ".

Apollon Limassol and AEL FC are the two major sport clubs in Limassol, which have football, basketball and volleyball teams.

The two basketball teams of Limassol participated and AEL became the first Cypriot sport team to win a European Trophy.

On 15 November 1967, Greek Cypriot National Guard under his direct command overran two small villages on the critical Larnaca, Limassol, Nicosia intersection, resulting in the deaths of 27 people, mostly unarmed Turkish Cypriot civilians as well as Turkish Cypriot resistance fighters at Kofinou and Agios Theodoros.

However, the town of Limassol has been inhabited since very ancient times.

The site of the ruins is within the borders of this village, though the expansion of the Limassol tourist area has threatened the ruins: it is speculated that some of the hotels are on top of the Amathus necropolis.

Richard destroyed Amathus and the inhabitants were transferred to Limassol.

A claim by the Ancient Greek historian Herodotus ( 5th century BCE ) that the city of Kourion, near present-day Limassol, was founded by Archaean settlers from Argos, finds support in the discovery of a Late Bronze Age settlement lying several kilometers from the site of the remains of the Hellenic city of Kourion, whose pottery and architecture indicate that Mycenaean settlers did indeed arrive and augment an existing population in this part of Cyprus in the twelfth century BC.

Isaac refused, so Richard landed his troops and took Limassol.

Further archaeological objects found during the excavations are conserved at the Cyprus Museum in Nicosia, as well as at the Limassol District Archaeological Museum.

Consequently, Limassol attracts a wide range of tourists mostly during an extended summer season to be accommodated in a wide range of hotels and apartments.

She had been with K. V. Imperial EKA AEL Limassol in Greece during 2007 – 2008.

He suffered a concussion during their UEFA Cup match with Limassol, after colliding with a defender.

He remained there throughout the period of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, during which time he was responsible for organising the evacuation of several thousand foreign nationals from Nicosia and Limassol.