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Visiting England - English places associated with the Knights Templar

Everyone loved the Templars, from the Pope downwards, and their rise was spectacular. Their fall 200 years later was equally dramatic, and the Papacy was forced by the French King into dissolving them. This article looks at place in England where Templar remains survive and can be seen today.

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The seal of the Knights Templar, showing two knights on one horse, intended as an image of monastic humility. 77

The Knights Templar: their London headquarters today

The Knights Templar remain fascinating to this day. And in London, you can still visit the Templars' New Temple, and see the Temple Church they built. It's still a fully-functioning parish church, and open to visitors. I am a member of Middle Temple, and therefore a parishoner of Temple Church. It's an absolutely fascinating place.

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"Death in battle is glorious."  The red cross represented martyrdom. Drawing by Agnieszkaw@Dreamstime.com77

Secrets of the Knights Templar

In 1118, King Baldwin II receives an offer of assistance from a Crusader monk, Hugues de Payens, who wants to protect pilgrims traveling to the Holy Places (Holy Land). Hugues, along with eight other...

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King Arthur and the Holy Grail Bloodline

We have all read or seen different versions of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. My personnal favorites are Excaliber and King Arthur the most recent of Hollywood productions. Nothing beats the...

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Friday the 13th: Myth or Fact

Is Friday the 13th an evil, unlucky day? How did this folklore start? How it all started. During the aftermath of the First Crusade of 1096, in the middle ages, a group of knights founded the Poor...

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Visiting Bruges-la-Morte, a medieval ghost city

One of those many timeless carriages, which are available to tourists, stopped for me. The coachman looked very, very old... but he offered me kindly a free ride. 'Sir,' I said, 'you who drives day and...

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti: Holy Grail (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rosetti01.jpg)73

The Story of the Grail by Chretien de Troyes

Chrétien de Troyes was a French poet who was the first to write about the Grail, but what is the Grail... and where can the Grail be? Some believe the Grail is the Holy Blood of Christ, or his royal bloodline... and this Holy Blood was brought to Bruges, by the Templars.

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In 2007, my historical faction thriller "Nostradamus in Orval" (written in Dutch) was published.75

Nostradamus and the Lost Templar Treasure

Here is all the information you need, right out of the so-called prophecies of Nostradamus that are in reality a code, to start a true treasure hunt and find the Lost Treasure of the Knights Templar somewhere in the realms of the abbey of Orval, in Belgium.

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The ark of the covenant

The burning question about one of the most revered religious relics in all the world is still a mystery. The ark of the covenant, the box reported to have held the ten commandments from god given to Moses on...

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The Holy Sepulchre of Bruges-la-Morte

Visiting the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Bruges-La-Morte, the Venice of the North, is a strange and morbid experience. Not only because the Holy Grave is to be found here, or a statue of the dead Christ,...

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