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
The life story of Gualdim Pais – grand master of the Knight Templar in Portugal
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Category: Templar History
Tags: Ascalon, Ashkelon, buried, channel, convento, crusades, Grand, gualdim, gualdim pais, history, holy, israel, Knightfall, Land, Maria, Master, medieval, mestre, Olival, Outremer, portugal, Templar, templarios, tomar, treasure
This is an astonishing story from the Middle Ages of how a vast crusader army on the way to the Holy Land was convinced to divert to Portugal and help a small Christian kingdom take a city called Al-Usbuna from…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: afonso, Al Lixbuna, Al-usbuna, Clermont, conquest, cross, crusade, Dinis, gualdim, henriques, knight, Knightfall, knights, Lisbon, Master, medieval, moor, Moorish, muslim, pais, Pitoes, pope, porto, portugal, quest, Templar, tomar, tunnel, Urban
Hard to believe that modern Spain and Portugal were once part of a global caliphate (from 711 CE) – ruled by Muslim emirs. It then became a battleground between Islam and Christianity for eight hundred years. Finally, by 1492, the…
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Category: Templar History
Tags: afonso, Al-Andalus, Al-usbuna, Al-Usbunna, Andalus, Ark, buried, Caliphate, catholic, conquest, covenant, escape, gualdim, henriques, History Channel, Holy Grail, Knightfall, martim, moniz, moor, Moorish, muslim, pais, portugal, roman, spain, tomar, treasure
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
Tags: afonso, Brazil, christ, christian, Dinis, discovery, gualdim, holy, India, initiation, king, knight, madeira, Montesa, navigator, ordem, Order, order of christ, pais, portugal, rite, ritual, secret, Sintra, Templar, tomar, treasure, tunnel, well
