List of Knights Templar sites explained

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 structures remain standing today. https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1kCkY3cD9R183UgPEmQHOgXQQylCSbaVx&ll=41.65870597144412%2C12.34976963828127&z=8

Middle East

In the Kingdom of Jerusalem, now in Israel and Southern Lebanon:

• Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount, Jerusalem, 1119–1187
• , built around 1110 by Hugues de Payens
• (Khirbet el-Burj) near Tantura, 12th century to 1291 with interruption in the late 1180s
• , 1149–1187
• , 1150–1179
• La Fève, now Merhavia, 1160s to 1187
• , 1166–1187
• Castle of Maldoim or Adumim (Rouge Cisterne, Arabic Qal'at ad-Damm) near Khan al-Ahmar, built ca. 1170
• Burgata inland from Netanya, until 1189
• Tel Yokneam (Caymont or Cain Mons) southeast of Haifa, ca. 1262–1265
• Yalo (Castrum Arnaldi) southeast of Ramla, 1179–1187
• A fortress in nearby Latrun, 12th century
• Safed, 1168–1188 and 1240–1266
• near Safed, 1178–1179
• , east of Jerusalem
• Tell es-Safi (Blanchegarde)
• Properties in Acre, Israel, including the still-extant Templar Tunnel^[1]
• Château Pèlerin (fr. "Pilgrim Castle"), also known as Atlit Castle, 1218–1291^[2]
• Sidon, 1260–1268
• Beaufort Castle, Lebanon, 1260–1268
• Jordan River Project, Israel, 1955 –
• Jordan River Project, Jordan, 1955 –

In the County of Tripoli, now in Northern Lebanon and coastal Syria:

• Chastel Blanc, 1117–1271
• Tartus (Tortosa) and its fortress, Templars headquarters 1152–1188 and fortress held until 1291, including the Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa
• Areimeh Castle, from the early 1150s to 1187 with interruption 1171–1177
• Arwad island (Ruad), occupied in 1300–1302^[3]

In the Principality of Antioch, now in Turkey:

• Roche-Guillaume, 12th century–1203 and 1237–1298
• Trapessac, in the 12th century until 1188
• Bagras (Gaston), 1153–1189 and 1216–1268
• Roche de Roissel, from the 12th century to 1268

The Templars also held commandries in Ascalon, Jaffa, Tyre, Laodicea, Rhosus, Alexandretta, and Ayas.

Cyprus

• The Templars briefly owned the entire island of Cyprus in 1191–1192, preceding the establishment of the Kingdom of Cyprus
• Gastria Castle, 1210–1279^[4]
• Kolossi Castle, 1306–1313
• Fortresses in Germasogeia and Khirokitia

Also commandries in Nicosia, Famagusta, Limassol, Paphos, and Psimolofou, including the Twin Church of the Templars and Hospitallers in Famagusta

France

• Templar fortress of Paris, now destroyed.
• Commandry of Coulommiers, France^[5]
• Commandry of Avalleur, in Bar-sur-Seine^[6]
• Commandry of Saint-Blaise, Hyères^[7]
• La Rochelle, Charente Maritime, France
• Chapelle des Templiers de Metz - 12th-century Gothic chapel with octagonal plan and various paintings.^[8]
• Commandry of Libdeau, Toul - 12th-century Gothic chapel with rectangular plan and traces of paintings.^{[9] [10]}
• Commandry of, Châteaudun - 12th-century Gothic chapel.
• Commandry of Sergeac^[11]
• Commandry of Dognon, Blanzac-Porcheresse - 12th-century chapel with rectangular plan and various paintings.
• Commandry of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon^[12]
• Commandry of Richerenches^[13]
• La Couvertoirade, Aveyron - A castle, commandry and fortifications^[14]
• Commandry of Celles^[15]
• Commandry of Arville, now restored with a museum of Templar history.

Portugal

• Castle of Almourol
• Castelo Branco
• Castle of Idanha
• Castle of Monsanto
• Castle of Penha Garcia
• Castle of Pombal
• Castle of Soure - received and reconstructed in March 1128, was the first castle of the Knights Templar.^[16]
• Old town of Tomar, including the Castle, the Convent of the Order of Christ and the Church of Santa Maria do Olival

Spain

Crown of Castile and Leon

• Castle of Montalbán in San Martín de Montalbán, province of Toledo^[17]
• Castle of Villalba in Cebolla, Province of Toledo
• Castle of San Servando, in Toledo
• The Templar House, Toledo
• Iglesia Veracruz in Segovia^[18]
• Castillo de los Templarios in Ponferrada
• Castle of Alcañices, in Zamora^[19]

Crown of Aragon

• Peniscola Castle
• Castle of Castellote^[20]
• Castle of Miravet^[21]
• Castle of Barbens^[22]
• Castle of Gardeny, in Lérida^[23]
• Commandry of Palau, in Palau-solità i Plegamans^[24]
• Castle of Xivert in Valencia
• Castle of Cintruénigo: the birth of a 12th-century gilda around the encomienda of Novillas, in the Valley of the middle Ebro, delimited by Queiles and Huecha, as a point of connection between the three kingdoms of Pamplona-Navarra, Aragon and Castile.^[25]

United Kingdom

Sorted by county

England

• Bisham Abbey Berkshire
• Temple Church, Bristol, Bristol
• Denny Abbey, Cambridgeshire^[26]
• Temple Church, Temple, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall
• St Michael's Mount, Cornwall
• Temple Sowerby, Cumbria
• Cressing Temple, Essex
• Little Maplestead, Essex
• Garway Church, Herefordshire
• St Mary The Virgin church, Welsh Newton, Herefordshire
• Church of St Mary the Virgin in Baldock, Hertfordshire
• Temple Dinsley, Hertfordshire^[27]
• The Manor of Temple Ewell, Kent
  • Rothley Temple (Rothley Preceptory), Rothley, Leicestershire Eagle Hall Lincolnshire
• South Witham Lincolnshire
• Temple Bruer, Lincolnshire
• The Temple including Temple Church, London
  • Inner Temple
  • Middle Temple
• Temple Mills, Stratford, London
• Temple Cowton, North Yorkshire
• Westerdale Preceptory, North Yorkshire
• Temple Cowley, Oxfordshire
• Templars Square, Oxfordshire
• Cameley and Temple Cloud, Somerset^[28]
• Templecombe, Somerset
• Keele, Staffordshire^[29]
• Temple Balsall, Warwickshire
• Temple End, Harbury, Warwickshire
• Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Sompting. West Sussex
• St Mary's Church, Shipley, West Sussex
• Temple Newsam, West Yorkshire
• Temple Farm, Rockley, Wiltshire

Scotland

• Temple, Midlothian
• Castle Rainy and Templars' House, Turriff, Aberdeenshire^[30]
• Darvel, East Ayrshire^[31]

Wales

• Llanmadoc Church Gower – gift from the Duchess of Warwick

Ireland

• Templetown, County Wexford^[32]
• Clontarf Castle (Templar Preceptory), County Dublin
• Baldongan Church (in-ruins), Skerries, County Dublin^[33]
• Temple House, Ballymote, County Sligo^[34]

Croatia

• Cesargrad (Kayersperg)
• Stari grad Ljubač- Castrum Liube (Ljubljana)
• Brckovljani,^[35]
• Fortress of Klis,^[36]
• Glogovnica
• Gora, Croatia
• Gornji Slatinik
• Hrvatska Dubica,
• Lovčić
• Našice,
• Nova Ves,
• Rassecha – Nova Rača
• Senj,
• Zdelja village near Virje
• Vižinada
• Vrana Fortress,

Italy

See a detailed list at

• Castello della Magione, Poggibonsi
• San Pietro alla Magione, Siena
• Valvisciolo Abbey, Sermoneta
• Abbey of St. Michael in Montescaglioso
• Templars' Tower at San Felice Circeo (from 1240 to 1259)

Other countries

• Haneffe, Belgium^[37]
• Villers-le-Temple, Belgium^[38]
• , Czech Republic
• Tempelhof, Germany
• Chwarszczany, Poland
• Grad na Goričkem, Slovenija

See also

• List of Knights Hospitaller sites
• Ordensburg

Notes and References

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6. Book: Valerie Alaniece . Les Templiers et leurs commanderies: L'exemple d'Avalleur en Champagne . D. Gueniot . 1995 . 978-2-87825-117-3.
7. http://pinterest.com/franceprovence/hyeres/ Hyères
8. Abbé Ledain . 1859 . Sur l'oratoire de Templiers de Metz . Bulletin de la Société d'archéologie et d'histoire de la Moselle . fr . metz . Société d'archéologie et d'histoire de la Moselle . 135.
9. Book: Michel Henry . Itinéraires templiers en Lorraine . Serpenoise . 1998 . 978-2-87692-367-6.
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11. DELLUC Gilles, DELLUX Brigitte . 2005 . Les ruines de la préceptorerie des templiers à Labattut (Sergeac) . Bulletin de la Société historique et archéologique du Périgord . 132 . 2 . 261–272 . 1141-135X.
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22. Joan Ramon González Pérez . 2005 . Estudi arqueològic del castell de Barbens . es . URTX . El primitivo castillo de Barbens ya era propiedad de los templarios a principios de la segunda mitad del siglo XII.
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24. Book: Joan Fuguet i Sans . La casa del Palau del Temple, de Barcelona . Locus Amoenus . 2004.
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