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The Square du Temple is a garden in Paris, France in the 3rd arrondissement, established in 1857. It is one of 24 city squares planned and created by Georges-Eugène Haussmann and Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand. The Square occupies the site of a medieval fortress in Paris, built by the Knights Templar.
The Templars briefly owned the entire island of Cyprus in 1191–1192, preceding the establishment of the Kingdom of Cyprus; Gastria Castle, 1210–1279 [5]; Kolossi Castle, 1306–1313 [2]
Temple Manor is a scheduled ancient monument (number 1011805) and grade I listed building (number 1120910) in Strood, Kent. [1] [2] The Manor has been owned by various religious, national and farming owners over 600 years.
Maison du Temple in Paris (on the location of the Square du Temple, transferred from the Knights Templar in 1313 and held until 1790; Grand prieuré de Toulouse , 1317–1789; Prieuré hospitalier d’Arles , 1562–1792; Maison des chevaliers de Saint-Jean in Colmar, initially built in 1608
Temple Church is a Grade II* listed building built c.1120 on land owned by the Knights Templar. It became famous as a place where marriages could be performed without banns or licence (similar to Gretna Green until the early 20th century). [3]
Of the two wells, the larger one contains a 27-metre spiral staircase with 23 small niches on the side. The nine flights of stairs could be linked to the Knights Templar, which had nine founders. [3] They might also symbolize the 9 levels of Hell from Dantes’ Inferno. [4] At the bottom of the well is an inland stone compass with the Templar ...
The wheat barn at Cressing Temple. Cressing Temple is a medieval site situated between Witham and Braintree in Essex, [1] close to the villages of Cressing and White Notley.It was amongst the very earliest and largest of the possessions of the Knights Templar in England, [2] [3] and is currently open to the public as a visitor attraction.
It was his descendant Serlo FitzOdo who granted it to the Knights Templar [1] who established a preceptory in the village in 1185. [2] [3] The preceptory served as an administrative centre for the lands held by the Templars in the south west of England and Cornwall. It may also have been used to train men and horses for the Crusades. [4]