Portugal is part of a European territory that due to the already old Islamic presence, coming mainly from northern Africa, was the scene of a process of reconquest of territories, similar to a crusade that was called the reconquest. It is in this context that the military orders of religious knights, authentic armies at the service of Christianity, are included in their network of monastic institutions. Among the various who settled in Portugal, whether from other kingdoms or created nationally, the Order of the Templars was one of the ones that left the most testimony both built or memory, because they owe it the first Portuguese monarchs of the consolidation and defense of the territory.

 

It is the history and legacy of this military and religious institution, which is recognized in our day as something mysterious, and popularly associated with Arthurian myths and legends that have projected themselves on to film screens and helped sell books, which we will analyze, with the utmost rigor of analysis and always highlighting the legendary and most likely factual aspects.

 

Come with us to be dazzled by Portugal, to know new lands and to enter the world of Portuguese Knights Templar.