Story of Saint Hilarion Castle and Queen Regaena :: Byzantine Cyprus

Story of St. Hilarion Castle and promote RegaenaWelcome to St. Hilarion, step forward into faerie Regaenas bedchamber to receive your pay for your hard fiddle and fealty As I step through the doorway, there is the alluring business leader Regaena just in facial expression the open window of her chamber. I cross the room, and I unexpectedly feel the guards presence close in behind me. Suddenly, they childs play me and force me through the open window. As the guards push me from the precipice outside the window, convey you again, are the last words I hear, as I parentage to my death in the valley below.The fairy tale-looking citadel of St. Hilarion was built by the Byzantine queen, Regaena, the end of the 11th century. Queen Regaena was the most beautiful lady in the land of Cyprus, alas she was also the most heartless and cruel. She was a greedy woman and desired to have the most beautiful and boom castle in all of Cyprus.Queen Regaena insisted on overseeing the construct ion of the castle herself. No detail was to be overlooked. In planning such a large and magnificent castle, Queen Regaena knew that she would need a large workforce. She self-possessed a large number of sturdy men from near and off the beaten track(predicate) and forced them to build her castle. She required the men to form lines, standing side by side, and pass the materials from man to man until they reached their assigned destination. This was difficult work since most of the materials had to be transported from the valley to the summit of the mountain. But goal was to have it away the castle in Regaenas lifetime so she could enjoy it. Finally, the bright castle was completed and she named it St. Hilarion Castle. Its unsurpassed grandeur impressed all who beheld it. Queen Regaena should have been joyful at the completion of St. Hilarion, however, she was worried.Over the years, Queen Regaena had amassed a large fortune of gold and wealth in her family treasury. Her greatest solicitude was that the workers who constructed the castle would remember the hidden location of the royal treasure room. She sit in a chamber inthe western wing of the castle and thought of a plan to prevent possible robbery. This particular chamber had a window which opened onto an enormous precipice and had a breathtaking tidy sum of the valley far below. Sitting at this window, she devised an evil plan to treasure her treasure.