Tomar – on a Templar quest with the History channel!
Tony McMahon filmed with the History channel in Tomar for the documentary series Buried that accompanied the Templar drama Knightfall

Tony McMahon filmed with the History channel in Tomar for the documentary series Buried that accompanied the Templar drama Knightfall
Portugal and Spain have a glorious Knight Templar past and Tony McMahon investigates the crusades that took place in western Europe in the Middle Ages
Tomar was once a centre of Knights Templar power in Europe and possibly a location for the treasure they hid after being destroyed in the year 1307
The Templar Knight blog loves to visit Portugal every year and see the Templar stronghold of Tomar and visit the Viagem Medieval in Santa Maria da Feira
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
There was a strong Muslim presence in medieval Europe as Tony McMahon discovers – centuries before the Crusades
Teresa of Leon and her son Afonso of Portugal loved the Knights Templar but hated each other with a vengeance as Tony McMahon discovers
Tomar is a former Templar citadel in central Portugal with a tower built by the knights called the Charola as Tony McMahon discovers
Sao Bento train station in Portugal is adorned with tiles painted with medieval battle scenes and as Tony McMahon discovered it’s breathtaking to see
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