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Mogadouro – a Templar stronghold in northern Portugal
A visit to the Templar castle in Mogadouro in north east Portugal
Read MoreTemplar hero: Gualdim Pais
The life story of Gualdim Pais – grand master of the Knight Templar in Portugal
Read MoreHow the Second Crusade was diverted to Portugal
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…
Read MoreSpain and Portugal – battle ground between Islam and Christianity
Say the word “Crusades” to many people and they automatically think of the Holy Land, Syria and Egypt. The wars between Christian knights and Muslim warriors are seen entirely as a violent confrontation that took place only in the Middle…
Read MoreHow Portugal nationalised the Knights 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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