The Knights Templar named a town in England after the Iraqi city of Baghdad because they associated it with prosperity in the 12th century
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Category: Templar History
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The BBC is broadcasting a new TV series based on The Name of the Rose – a fantastic novel by the late Italian author Umberto Eco. It tells the story of a Franciscan friar, William of Baskerville, who visits an…
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Category: Templar History
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