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Knights Templar
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With their military mission and extensive financial resources, the Knights Templar funded a large number of building projects around Europe and the Holy Land, many of which structures remain standing today.
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Middle East
- Temple Mount and Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
- Akko (City of Acre) - contains a tunnel leading to a 13th century Templar stronghold
- Athlit, Pilgrims Castle/Château Pélerin
- Arwad, Syria - an island fortress
- Chastel Blanc, Syria
- The port city and fortress of Tartous (called Tortosa by Crusaders), Syria
In 1867, a team from the Royal Engineers, led by Lieutenant Charles Warren (later the London police commissioner of Jack the Ripper fame) and financed by the Palestine Exploration Fund (P.E.F.), discovered a series of tunnels beneath Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, some of which were directly underneath the Templar headquarters. Various small artifacts were found which indicated that Templars had used some of the tunnels, though it is unclear who exactly first dug them. Some of the ruins which Warren discovered came from centuries earlier, and other tunnels which his team discovered had evidently been used for a water system, as they led to a series of cisterns.[1][2] [3][4]
France
- Sainte-Vaubourg, 76/Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. In 1173, King Henry II, gave the manor Sainte-Vaubourg at Val-de-la-Haye to the Knights Templar.
- Neuilly-sous-Clermont, 60/Oise, Picardie, France
- Mont-de-Soissons, 02/Aisne, Picardie, France - The chapel, pigeonniere and grange all date from the XIIIth century. The chapel was restored by the Knights of St. John after the dissolution of the Templars.
- Acquebouille, in Outarville, 45/Loiret, France - This chapter-house was part of Commandery Saint-Marc d' Orleans.
- La Villedieu-Les-Maurepas, in Élancourt, 78/Yvelines, Ile de France - Thirteenth-century Gothic chapel with octagonal tower, and various buildings with a surrounding wall largely restored. Departmental cultural center.
- Coulommiers, France
- Avalleur, in Bar-sur-Seine, Champagne-Ardenne, France
- Chinon, Pays-de-la-Loire, France
- Cressac-Blanzac, in Cressac-Saint-Genis, Charente, France
- La Rochelle, Charente, France
- Metz, Lorraine, France - XIIth century gothic chapel with octagonal plan and various paintings.[1]
- Sergeac, Dordogne, France
- Domme, Dordogne, France
- Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon, France
- Richerenches, France
- La Couvertoirade, Aveyron, France
- Celles, Cantal
- La Lande, Allier
Italy
- Castello della Magione, Poggibonsi (Siena), Tuscany, Italy
- San Bevignate, Perugia, Umbria, Italy
Poland
- Chwarszczany village
Lithuania
- Vilnius City[citation needed]
Portugal
- Convent of the Order of Christ (UNESCO World Heritage site)
- Church of Santa Maria do Olival in Tomar
- Castles of Almourol, Idanha, Monsanto, Pombal and Zêzere
- Castle of Soure, near Coimbra [2]
- Quinta da Regaleira
Spain
- Irrigation system in Aragon, Spain [3]
- Iglesia Veracruz in Segovia, Spain
- Ponferrada castle
- Peñíscola castle
- Miravet castle
- Barbens
- Gardeny castle, in Lérida
United Kingdom
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England
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- Bisham Abbey, Berkshire
- Temple Church, Bristol, Bristol
- Radnage, Buckinghamshire
- Great Wilbraham Preceptory, Cambridgeshire
- Holy Sepulchre (The Round Church), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [4]
- Temple, Cornwall
- Tintagel Castle (Kastell Dintagell), Cornwall
- Temple Sowerby, Cumbria
- Lundy Island, Devon
- Cressing Temple, Essex [5]
- Garway Church, Herefordshire
- Baldock, Hertfordshire (a town founded by the Templars)
- Hertford and Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire[6]
- Royston Cave, Royston, Hertfordshire
- Temple Dinsley, Hertfordshire
- Temple Ewell, Kent
- Temple Manor [7], Kent [8]
- Rothley Temple Templar Chapel, Rothley Court, Leicestershire, (and Templar window}
- Temple Bruer, Lincolnshire
- Inner Temple, London
- Middle Temple, London
- Temple Church, London
- Temple Mills, Stratford, London
- Tulse & Knights hills, Lambeth, London
- Temple Bellwood, Belton, North Lincolnshire
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
- Temple Cowton, North Yorkshire
- Westerdale, North Yorkshire
- Templecombe, Somerset [9]
- Temple Cloud, Somerset Also Temple Bridge, Temple Gate, Temple Street
- Temple Balsall, Warwickshire
- Poling Church, Poling, West Sussex
- St. Mary's, Sompting, West Sussex [10]
- Shipley Church, Shipley, West Sussex
- St. Mary's House, Bramber, West Sussex
- Temple Newsam, West Yorkshire
Temple Farm, Rockley, Wiltshire
Scotland
Other Countries
Ireland
- Templetown, County Wexford
- Clontarf Castle (Templar Preceptory), County Dublin
- Baldungan Church (in-ruins), Skerries, County Dublin
- Carrigogunnell Castle, Clarina, County Limerick
- [Templehouse] [5], County Sligo
- Hook Head, County Wexford
- Ballintemple Church, County Cork
- Dungeel Church & Castle, Killorglin, County Kerry
- Graney, Castledermot, County Kildare
- Kilberry (Templar Preceptory), County Kildare
- Roosky Priory, County Louth
- Temple Strand Church, Strand, County Limerick
Ukraine
- Ukraine, Templar Donjon, Serednye[6]
Europe
- Kolossi Castle in Cyprus
- Tempelhof in Berlin, Germany
- Priory of St Laurence (Sv Vavrinec) in Prague, Czech Republic
- Templstejn in Czech Republic
- Hrad Vsetin in Czech Republic
- The Križanke Monastery Church (Križevniška cerkev) in Ljubljana, Slovenia, located next to the Križanke Summer Theatre , which has also been referred to as the Monastery Church of Our Lady of Mercy, which was build as a part of the Teutonic Knights' building ( a monastery with a church and school) build between the years 1265 and 1270 and was walled in before 1307, replaced the older Knights Templar post (1167- 1200), which was handed over in 1228, to the Teutonic Knights'.
References
Croatia
Templar Church of St Martin, Nasice in Slavonia Croatia
Templar Church in Orahovica Slavonia Croatia
External links
- Knights Templar castle in Tomar, Portugal (YouTube video)
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