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Mogadouro – a Templar stronghold in northern Portugal

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Tony McMahon

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A visit to the Templar castle in Mogadouro in north east Portugal

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Lisbon conquered in the Crusades!

Posted on January 10, 2016 by Tony McMahon

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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Spain and Portugal – battle between Islam and Christianity

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Tony McMahon

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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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From the Knights Templar to the Order of Christ!

Posted on May 15, 2011 by Tony McMahon

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Portugal didn’t crush the Knights Templar but instead turned them into a new organisation called the Order of Christ

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