
Mogadouro – a Templar stronghold in northern Portugal
Mogadouro in northern Portugal was once a Templar stronghold as Tony McMahon reports after a recent visit to this remote area
Mogadouro in northern Portugal was once a Templar stronghold as Tony McMahon reports after a recent visit to this remote area
Gualdim Pais was a grand Master of the Knights Templar in Portugal. He is well known in that country but less well known elsewhere as Tony McMahon discovers
The conquest of Lisbon in the Crusades from its Muslim rulers was achieved by diverting a huge crusader army from all over Europe
The Knights Templar were involved in a bitter seven centuries long crusade in Spain and Portugal between Christian and Muslim kingdoms
Portugal didn’t crush the Knights Templar but instead turned them into a new organisation called the Order of Christ
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