When speaking about Portugal, Lisbon and Porto may be the first destinations that spring to mind, but the country is also ...

Originally designed as a monument symbolizing the Reconquest, the Convent of the Knights Templar of Tomar (transferred in 1344 to the Knights of the Order of Christ) came to symbolize just the ...

I moved to Portugal 11 ... in Templar history. Tomar is a charming city located about 90 miles northeast of Lisbon. It was founded in the 12th century by the Knights Templar, a Catholic military ...

Its current owner, Hamilton White, spent years assembling the scattered pieces from the initial 1960 discovery in Tomar, Portugal, the site of a major Knights Templar stronghold. White’s research led ...