List of Knights Templar sites

Main article: Knights Templar

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.

Middle East

Templar fortresses in the Outremer

• 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

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, in Outarville, 45/Loiret, France - This chapter-house was part of Commandery Saint-Marc d' Orleans.
• La Villedieu-Les-Maurepas, in Élancourt, 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, in Bar-sur-Seine, Champagne-Ardenne, France
• Chinon, Pays-de-la-Loire, France
• Cressac-Blanzac, in Cressac-Saint-Genis, Charente, France
• La Rochelle, Charente, France
• Sergeac, Dordogne, France
• Domme, Dordogne, France
• Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon, France
• Richerenches, France
• La Couvertoirade, Aveyron, France

Italy

• Castello della Magione, Poggibonsi (Siena), Tuscany, Italy
• San Bevignate, Perugia, Umbria, Italy

Poland

• Lwów City
• Kraków City
• Wilno City
• Halych

Portugal

• Convent of the Order of Christ (UNESCO World Heritage site)
• Church of Santa Maria do Olival in Tomar
• Castles of Almourol, Idanha, Monsanto, Pombal and Zêzere
• Castle of Soure, near Coimbra

Spain

• Irrigation system in Aragon, Spain
• Iglesia Veracruz in Segovia, Spain
• Ponferrada castle
• Peñíscola castle
• Miravet castle
• Barbens
• Gardeny castle, in Lérida

Great Britain

• Temple Church, London, England
• Middle Temple
• Inner Temple
• Rosslyn Chapel, Roslin, Midlothian, Scotland
• Temple, Midlothian, Scotland
• Temple Dinsley, Hertfordshire, England
• Hertford and Hertford Castle, Hertfordshire, England
• Royston Cave, Royston, Hertfordshire, England
• Garway Church, Herefordshire, England
• Cressing Temple, Essex, England
• Templecombe, Somerset, England
• Temple Balsall, Warwickshire, England
• Templars Park, Aberdeen, Scotland
• Temple Bruer, Lincolnshire, England
• Temple Cloud, Somerset, England. Also Temple Bridge, Temple Gate, Temple Street
• Temple Cowton, Yorkshire, England
• Temple Ewell, Kent, England
• Temple Manor , Kent, England.
• Temple Newsam, Yorkshire, England
• Temple Meads, Bristol, England
• Temple Mills, Stratford, London, England
• Temple Sowerby, Cumbria, England
• Temple Bellwood, Belton, Lincolnshire, England
• Lundy Island, Devon, England
• Westerdale, Yorkshire, England
• Great Wilbraham Preceptory, Cambridgeshire, England
• Helmsley, Yorkshire, England
• Holy Sepulchre (The Round Church), Cambridge, England
• Bisham Abbey, Berkshire, England
• St. Mary's, Sompting, Sussex, England
• St. Mary's, Radnage, Buckinghamsire, England
• Tintagel Castle (Kastell Dintagell), Cornwall
• Tulse & Knights hills, Lambeth, London, England
• Baldock, Hertfordshire (a town founded by the Templars)
• Temple Church, Temple, Cornwall
• Rothley Temple Templar Chapel, Rothley Court, Leics., England, (and Templar window)
• Shipley Church, Shipley, Sussex, England
• St. Mary's House, Bramber, Sussex, England
• Poling Church, Poling, Sussex, England

Other Countries

Chapel in the Polish town of Rurka, a former chapter headquarters of local Knights Templar

• 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

External link

• Knights Templar castle in Tomar, Portugal (YouTube video)