List of places associated with the Knights Templar
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With their military mission and extensive financial resources, the Knights Templar funded a large number of building projects around Europe and the Holy Land, many of which structures remain standing today.
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[edit] Middle East
- Temple Mount and Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem
- Akko (City of Acre) - contains a tunnel leading to a 13th century Templar stronghold
- Athlit, Pilgrims Castle/Château Pélerin
- Arwad, Syria - an island fortress
- Chastel Blanc, Syria
- The port city and fortress of Tartous (called Tortosa by Crusaders), Syria
[edit] France
- Sainte-Vaubourg, 76/Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France. In 1173, King Henry II, gave the manor Sainte-Vaubourg at Val-de-la-Haye to the Knights Templar.
- Neuilly-sous-Clermont, 60/Oise, Picardie, France
- Mont-de-Soissons, 02/Aisne, Picardie, France - The chapel, pigeonniere and grange all date from the XIIIth century. The chapel was restored by the Knights of St. John after the dissolution of the Templars.
- Acquebouille, 45/Loiret, France - This chapter-house was part of Commandery Saint-Marc d' Orleans.
- La Villedieu-Les-Maurepas, 78/Yvelines, Ile de France - Thirteenth-century Gothic chapel with octagonal tower, and various buildings with a surrounding wall largely restored. Departmental cultural center.
- Coulommiers, France
- Avalleur, Burgundy, France
- Chinon, Pays-de-la-Loire, France
- Cressac-Blanzac, Charente, France
- La Rochelle, Charente, France
- Sergeac, Dordogne, France
- Domme, Dordogne, France
- Sainte-Eulalie-du-Cernon, France
- Richerenches, France
- La Couvertoirade, Aveyron, France
[edit] United Kingdom
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- Temple Church, London
- Middle Temple
- Inner Temple
- Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
- Temple, Midlothian, Scotland
- Temple Dinsley, Hertfordshire, England
- Hertford and Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England [1]
- Royston Cave, Royston, Hertfordshire, England
- Garway Church, Herefordshire, England
- Cressing Temple, Essex, England [2]
- Templecombe, Somerset, England [3]
- Temple Balsall, Warwickshire, England
- Templars Park, Aberdeen, Scotland
- Temple Bruer, Lincolnshire, England
- Temple Cloud, Somerset, England, UK (Bristol City). Also Temple Bridge, Temple Gate, Temple Street
- Temple Cowton, North Yorkshire, England
- Temple Ewell, Kent, England
- [4], Kent, England, UK [5]
- Temple Newsam, West Yorkshire, England
- Temple Meads, Bristol, England
- Temple Mills, Stratford, London, England
- Temple Bellwood, Belton, North Lincolnshire, England
- Lundy Island, Devon, England
- Westerdale, North Yorkshire, England
- Great Wilbraham Preceptory, Cambridgeshire, England
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire, England
- Holy Sepulchre (Round Church), Cambridgeshire, EnglandThe Round Church in Cambridge</ref>
- Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, England
- St. Mary's, Sompting, West Sussex, England [6]
- St. Mary's, Radnage, Buckinghamsire, England
- Tintagel Castle (Kastell Dintagell), Cornwall, England
- Tulse & Knights hills, Lambeth, London
- Baldock, Hertfordshire (a town founded by the Templars)
- Cressing Temple, Essex
- Temple Church, Temple, Cornwall
- Rothley Temple Templar Chapel, Rothley Court, Leicestershire, (and Templar window)
- Shipley Church, Shipley, West Sussex
- St. Mary's House, Bramber, West Sussex
- Sompting Church, Sompting, West Sussex
- Poling Church, Poling, West Sussex
[edit] Portugal
- Church of Santa Maria do Olival in Tomar
- Castles of Almourol, Idanha, Monsanto, Pombal and Zêzere
- Castle of Soure, near Coimbra [7]
[edit] Spain
- Irrigation system in Aragon, Spain [8]
- Iglesia Veracruz in Segovia, Spain
- Ponferrada castle
- Barbens
- Gardeny castle, in Lérida
[edit] Other
- Kolossi Castle in Cyprus
- Tempelhof in Berlin, Germany
- Priory of St Laurence (Sv Vavrinec) in Prague, Czech Republic
- Templstejn in Czech Republic
- Hrad Vsetin in Czech Republic
