Tag: Knights Templar
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The Templars: monks and soldiers, pilgrims and knights
The conquest of Jerusalem, at the end of the First Crusade, marked a watershed in the history of Medieval Europe. The city had to be defended and preserved, the holy places of Christianity protected by God’s will. Fighting to pray, this was the spirit that inspired the foundation of the Templars: monks and warriors, pilgrims…
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The Merels Board
A trace engraved on the wall of a medieval cloister or the pavement of a square can reveal much more than meets the eye. There are arcane and fascinating worlds that marks on stone can unveil. Every graffito is there for a reason, perhaps unknown to us, but not to its creator. Stone is incorruptible…
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Saint Galgano and the sword in the stone
A knight of extraordinary virtue, the Holy Grail and a sword stuck in a rock: we are not in mythical Camelot, but in Tuscany, in a real place that has managed to preserve and convey the charm of the legend. Amidst natural landscapes of extraordinary beauty stands the Hermitage of Montesiepi where, according to tradition,…