Tony McMahon investigates some Templar castles where the knights’ treasure may indeed be buried such as Tomar and Montsegur
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: Acre, Akko, castle, castles, cup, Dungeon, fortification, fortress, Grail, hidden, imprisoned, Knightfall, le bezu, money, Montsegur, rennes-le-chateau, riches, ritual, sacred, secret, Templar, tomar, tower, treasure, trial, tunnel, tunnels, underground, wealth
In the wooded landscape of Sintra in Portugal is an alleged Templar well used for initiation ceremonies as Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Arab, Bavaria, Byron, castle, Catholic, christian, coach, coffee, Eden, forest, fortress, illuminati, initiation, Islam, king, kings, Ludwig, masonic, million, Monteiro, muslim, palace, Pena, portugal, Quinta, Regaleira, rosicrucian, Shintra, Sintra, tour, tourist, train, tunnel, wall
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
Newark Castle saw many English Knights Templar imprisoned in its dungeons interrogated and tortured after the order was suppressed in 1307
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: 1307, bishop, castle, Dungeon, dysentery, exhibition, france, king, king john, knight, knights, Lincoln, louis, Magna Carta, medieval, newark, Nottingham, Templar, templars
At the Templar castle of Kerak in Jordan is a carved image that was once believed to be Saladin but actually is a thousand years older
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Category: Templar History
Tags: carved, castle, East Jerusalem, fortress, jerusalem, Kerak, Knight Templar, knights, muslim, Nabataeans, Nabatean, Petra, saladin, saracen, Warrior
Ajlun Castle – sometimes spelt Ajloun – was built by the nephew of Saladin to protect the route into Damascus from crusader invaders
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Ajloun, Ajlun, castle, history, Holy Land, jordan, Knight Templar, knights templar, middle ages, middle east, saladin, syria, Templar
The castle of Al-Karak in Jordan – الكرك – الأردن – was visited by my good self in 2013. It is one of the great crusader forts still standing in the region. Unfortunately, three years after my visit, ISIS terrorists…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: 1188, Al-karak, battle, castle, crusader, fort, jordan, Knight Templar, Knightfall, military, Montreal, Raynald of Châtillon, saladin, siege, soldier, Templar, terrorist, war, Warrior
Driving through the Golan Heights in northern Israel I glimpsed a huge fortress up in the hills and asked my local guide what it was. He told me that it was a crusader castle named after the biblical character Nimrod….
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Tony McMahon discovers how the Knights Templar more than likely went to the toilet during a visit to the castle at Acre in modern Israel
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Acre, Akko, archaeology, bog, castle, defecate, facilities, farmer, gong, hole, image, knight, latrine, loo, Medieval, photo, photograph, relieve, review, Templar, toilet, urinate, waste, WC
There’s some amazing medieval video games out there but do they reflect the real horror of medieval battles and sieges – Tony McMahon reports
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Category: Templar History
Tags: A Plague Tale, battle, Blade, castle, Chronicles of Elyria, crusades, Darkborn, death, game, games, history, knights, Medieval, military, Mordhau, Mount, Mount & Blade, Outward, siege, Templar, templars, The Settlers, torture, Total War, Valhall, video, violence, war