A visit to the Templar castle in Mogadouro in north east Portugal
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Category: Templar History
Tags: afonso, castle, catholic, Cavaleiros, Dom Afonso, Douro, fortress, gualdim, knights, medieval, miranda, Mirandense, Mogadouro, mystery, pais, porto, portugal, Templar, templario, today, tower, Tras os Montes
How the Knights Templar survived in Portugal by changing their name
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Category: Templar History
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I have just returned from a very Templar themed holiday in Portugal – in the next few blog posts, I’ll share my discoveries with you: Lisbon is the capital of modern day Portugal and a thriving, bustling city. But let’s…
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: afonso, bear, cathedral, Grail, henriques, Knightfall, knights, lgbt, Lisbon, mosque, portugal, quest, Templar, tomar
The conquest of Lisbon in the Crusades from its Muslim rulers was achieved by diverting a huge crusader army from all over Europe
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Category: Templar History
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The Knights Templar were involved in a bitter seven centuries long crusade in Spain and Portugal between Christian and Muslim kingdoms
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Category: Templar History
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San Jordi is a saint celebrated in the Spanish city of Barcelona which has a long and proud history through the medieval era and back to the Romans
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Category: Templar News
Tags: afonso, Alfonso, Barcelona, Catalan, Catalunya, george, Jordi, Jorge, knight, knights, Medieval, san, San Jordi, spain, Templar
Portugal didn’t crush the Knights Templar but instead turned them into a new organisation called the Order of Christ
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Category: Templar History
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