TOMAR

The incredible Templars Heritage

"Religious and military order, institution of ""secret"" rules and purposes, European myth and source of many mysteries and speculations, the Templars were crucial in the foundation of Portugal as a catholic kingdom. In this route across the geographical center of the country, we visit Tomar, the Templars ""capital"" drawn like a New Jerusalem, including the pantheon of Saint Mary, the Castle and Christ's Monastery, but also the nearby Tower of Dornes and the dazzling Castle of Almourol, other heritage gems the Templars sowed in the defensive line defined by the rivers Tagus and Zêzere. While admiring places that seem to be blessed by mother nature and artworks which seem to be endowed with divine inspiration, we plunge into a magic territory where the shadows of the Riders of the Temple lurk at each corner."