The Hagia Sophia is to be turned back into a mosque having been a museum for eighty years after a court decision now enforced by President Erdogan
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Category: Templar News
Tags: Ataturk, basilica, christian, church, constantine, constantinople, Constantius, court, decision, demonstration, Erdogan, Hagia, Hagia Sophia, Islam, Islamist, istanbul, Justinian, mosque, muslim, party, protest, roman, sacred, social media, Sofia, Theodosius, tourist, turkey, welfare, workship
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
The Knights Templar were accused of worshipping a magical cord that proved they were influenced by Islam or the Cathars as Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar History
Tags: accusations, Cathar, christian, Cord, De Nogaret, devil, france, head, Islam, king, knight, Knightfall, knights, Medieval, muslim, Nogaret, Philip, Templar, templars, worship
The Knights Hospitaller were once based near Alexandra Palace in north London according to a Victorian source
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Alexandra, Alexandra Palace, Ally Pally, christian, cure, dairy, farm, Haringey, hospitaller, knight, knights, London, miracle, miraculous, Mossy, Muswell Hill, north London, nuns, pagan, sacred, Saint John, St John, Templar, well, Wood Green
There are Templar influences in Game of Thrones if you look closely enough as Templar expert Tony McMahon discovers
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Category: Templar Mystery
Tags: bay, byzantine, Cathar, christian, comparison, constantinople, Dorne, empire, fantasy, game of thrones, george, George R. R. Martin, High Sparrow, history, iconoclasm, iconoclast, J R R Tolkein, king, Kingdom, knight, Knights Templar, Martin, Medieval, middle ages, Night's Watch, Nights, Qarth, queen, Roses, Seville, slaver, Templar, The Lord of the Rings, Tolkein, true, war, Westeros
It’s often claimed that the Knights Templar were the first bankers or financiers so Tony McMahon investigates whether this is actually true
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Category: Templar History
Tags: banking, banks, bullion, buried, cheque, china, Chinese, christian, crown, crusades, deposit, fair, fairs, finance, france, Genoa, gold, henry III, hidden, Islam, islamic, jewels, king, Knightfall, knights, medieval, money, Oleron, paris, Philip, sector, Swiss, switzerland, templars, treasure, Troyes, Venice
A special investigation by the Templar Knight blog into medieval allegations that human meat was eaten by soldiers during the Crusades
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Category: Templar History
Tags: cannibal, cannibalism, christian, cook, crusade, crusades, death, Disease, eat, human, Islam, jewish, knighs, massacre, meat, Medieval, moor, muslim, plague, pogrom, pot, Rhineland, saracen, serf, starving, tafur, Tafurs, Templar, tyre, William
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
Tags: Abd al-Rahman, afonso, Al-Andalus, Al-usbuna, Al-Usbunna, allah, Andalus, Ark, buried, Calatrava, Caliphate, castile, catholic, christian, conquest, convivencia, covenant, escape, gualdim, henriques, History Channel, Holy Grail, Islam, jizya, Knightfall, knights, Leon, martim, moniz, moor, Moorish, muslim, Navarre, pais, portugal, roman, spain, Templar, templars, tomar, treasure
The boundary between the medieval Muslim and Christian worlds was very fluid and certain individuals had no difficulty moving from one world to the other
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Category: Templar History
Tags: boundaries, boundary, byzantine, Capella, catholic, chapel, Charlton, christian, christianity, constantine, Cordoba, Davides, El Cid, Evora, Geraldo, Heston, histfic, history, iraq, ISIS, Islam, jewish, knights, knights templar, Loren, medieval, Mozarab, muslim, norman, Ottoman, palatina, Palatine, Roger, seljuk, Sem Pavor, Sevilla, Seville, Sicily, Sisnando, Sophia, syria, Templar
I was in Rome last month and saw evidence of pagan temples converted into Christian churches – either being converted for new use or rebuilt using materials from the old temple. One of the most magnificent Roman buildings in Rome…
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