hi it's Katrina from their hidden
treasures around the world to their
escape to the Americas here are ten
mysterious facts of the Knights Templar
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number ten who were the Knights Templar
the First Crusade was a military
campaign organized by Western rulers the
Pope and the Byzantine Empire to take
Jerusalem away from Muslim control in
the year 1099 the capture of Jerusalem
led to thousands upon thousands of
Christian pilgrims making the journey to
the Holy Land
while the city itself was secured the
area around it known as Outremer was a
place of bandits and Marauders pilgrims
were often robbed or killed as they
passed through and in eleven nineteen
huge depends a French Knight suggested
to Baldwin ii of jerusalem that they
create an armed monastic order to
protect those trying to reach Jerusalem
this request was granted and the poor
fellow soldiers of Christ of the Temple
of Solomon also known as the Knights
Templar were formed at first they had
very few resources but following support
from Pope Innocent ii and catholic
noblemen across europe they quickly rose
to prominence in a military capacity and
they played a crucial role in aiding the
Crusader armies by the end of the 13th
century though Jerusalem had been lost
to Muslim forces once again and the
Templars were forced to leave the Holy
Land the French King Philip the fourth
had found himself deep in debt with the
order and convinced the Catholic Church
to take action against them but he
wasn't the only one there were many who
thought that they had way too much power
and were now an inconvenience in 1307
Templar knights across France were
arrested on charges of fraud conspiracy
and paganism with many of them paying
for their supposed crimes with their
lives on the 18th of March 1314 Jacques
de Molay the Templar Grand Master was
executed by French officials and the
order was officially disbanded there are
however many who believe that a number
of the Knights Templar managed to evade
capture and went into hiding along with
the vast treasures they had managed to
acquire
number nine the Temple of Solomon while
in Jerusalem the order set up their
headquarters in the building that was
formerly the al-aksa mosque from where
they organized their operations there
was more to this choice of location than
many believed as the Knights believed it
to be the site of the Temple of Solomon
the building stood on the Temple Mount
which was where the vast Temple of the
Jews of the Old Testament once stood and
while the buildings atop the Mount had
long been destroyed the Knights
suspected there may still be hidden
structures beneath there's a maze of
tunnels beneath the Temple Mount which
in Islam is known as Haram al-sharif
some even think the reason for setting
the order up in the first place was to
guard the profound treasures that were
found there following the Christian
takeover of the city could it have been
the hiding place for the Holy Grail the
shroud of Jesus the head of John the
Baptist or even the Ark of the Covenant
if this was the case one question
remains what happened to the treasures
that were discovered in the Temple of
Solomon did the Knights ever find them
did they take them away when they fled
Jerusalem where might they be today and
now for number eight but first do you
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eight Temple Church the Knights Templar
had strongholds across Europe but
there's actually a one that you can
visit today in an area of London England
known as temple you can walk through a
stone archway into inner temple Lane
where you'll find yourself surrounded by
Gothic and Victorian architecture it was
here that the Knights Templar built
monastic dormitories and chambers and
most significantly the Temple Church
they built it in 1185 modeled after the
Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem to serve as
the headquarters for their London
chapter and at the time would perform a
vital role to the people of the Middle
Ages it was the closest they could come
to being in Jerusalem without making the
epic journey themselves effigies of the
Knights can be found around the church
including one of William Marshall of
Pembroke who was integral to the
creation of England's Magna Carta a
document that would go on to influence
the development of law across Europe and
gaaah following the dissolution of the
Knights Templar the premises went into
the hands of the Knights Hospitaller
another order who leased the land to
lawyers in 1346 nowadays it's the center
of England's legal profession but don't
worry you can still visit the church
without fear of having to encounter an
attorney number 7 Rosslyn Chapel the
chapel in the town of Rosslyn just to
the south of Edinburgh in Scotland is
inconspicuous at first glance but it's
links with the Knights Templar have led
to a theory suggesting it's the hiding
place of something incredibly
significant if the weather-worn Gothic
architecture seems familiar then you may
know this place from the movie The Da
Vinci Code which featured the chapel Dan
Brown based his books on these legends
and it's clear to see why this site
inspires mystery and awe the mixture of
Christian Jewish Egyptian and pagan
symbology is unusual all of which seemed
like pieces of a puzzle
from the eight Nordic dragons forming a
ring around the base of a pillar two
pagan deities looking out from the
stonework people dancing with skeletons
and a double humped camel there surely
was something curious going on here many
believed it was where the Templars hid
their treasures that they had acquired
through their work and it's quite
possible there's still a lot more to
discover hidden deep within the vaults
number six the twelve who escaped
according to legend during the rounding
up and execution of the Knights Templar
in France it's thought that 24 managed
to escape 12 of this group were named in
the documents from 1307 which suggests
that they were in particular being
searched for by the king but what was so
special about them we actually know
quite a lot about them whom Baird Blanc
for example had been in the order for
about 40 years and in 1299 became master
of the province of Alvirne he spent his
time between France and England which is
likely how he managed to evade capture
but was finally arrested by English
authorities and imprisoned on charges of
blasphemy Pierre de boosh was a younger
Knight no older than 25 years old at the
time of the arrests and he had even
changed his clothes and shaved his beard
to evade capture but was finally found a
few years later the most interesting
thing that comes from the documents of
the 12
escaped though is the confession of Jean
de Chalons that suggests that those who
were never captured had fled with the
Templar treasures a passage of text that
is stored in the Vatican archives
recorded what he said the leaders of the
order expecting the trouble have fled
and he himself met the brothers gerard
de Valliere who had fifty horses with
him and heard people talking that he put
to seat with 18 galleys and the whole
treasury of the brothers this is mainly
why everyone thinks there is still
Templar treasure out there waiting to be
found
number five Templar towns as we have
seen the Knights Templar constructed
buildings across Europe and maintained a
stronghold in Jerusalem for as long as
possible but did you know that they also
built entire towns partly as a result of
the wealthy accumulated and because they
needed to provide their followers with
secure places to live
these Templar outposts can be found
throughout Europe particularly in the
hills on the border between Spain and
Portugal the town of Arras Sanna was one
of their strongholds and their symbols
can be seen everywhere including in the
town's coat of arms when they first
arrived in the region the Knights
Templar rebuilt the fortress that they
had found here and they went on to build
the castle church with influences from
Christianity and Islam some believe
there are underground tunnels connecting
sites together in the region to allow
the order to hide and move between
places especially because toward the end
they needed to remain hidden number four
did they visit America following the
arrest of most of the order those who
evaded capture fled to far-flung places
and some believe they may even have made
it as far as the Americas when the
French authorities raided the Paris
temple they found it to be completely
empty this is where the Templars had
kept all that was valuable to them and
they had time to escape with it with
most scholars believing they fled to La
Rochelle where they commandeered ships
to cross the channel to England from
here they journeyed across the land to
Scotland and it's believed they set sail
again towards Iceland on the old Viking
routes had they continued along this
path it's very possible that they
managed to reach Finland the settlements
that have been established by the
Vikings in the new world and today is
nova scotia there's evidence for this
too as the local people of the time
spoke of white skinned travelers who
came from overseas in folklore and there
are numerous Templar crosses that have
been found in buildings and rocks around
the area it's also thought that they may
have taken all their treasure to Canada
possibly burying their treasure in a new
hiding place such as a chapel vault or
maybe even on Oak Island
which would explain the mystery of the
supposed treasure hidden there number
three supposed worship of Baphomet one
of the claims against the Templars when
they were arrested was of blasphemy
while they disputed this they certainly
had some unusual rituals one of which
was supposedly the worship of Baphomet
you may recognize images of Baphomet
from things ranging from heavy metal
albums to religious propaganda as the
icon is often associated with Satanism
the roots of Baphomet aren't actually so
dark though and even the links with the
Templars worship of a goat's head aren't
necessarily related since their
formation the Templars had a close
understanding of Islam after all they
were based in a mosque in Jerusalem and
it's generally accepted that the true
origin and meaning of Baphomet was
Muhammad the Prophet of Islam it makes
perfect sense that the Knights Templar
would have included parts of Islam in
their beliefs
after all the buildings and churches
they built incorporated ideology from
multiple religions as for the head that
the Templars worshiped there are a
number of theories on this but the most
interesting one is that it could have
been the preserved skull of John the
Baptist one of the treasures they
possibly found in the Temple of Solomon
number two there were female members we
only ever see depictions of the Knights
Templar being men and what with the way
the world was it would be a fair
assumption to believe that the only
members of the monastic order were male
but that's not entirely true
while the Knights Templar were formed to
fight battles and the orders rules set
out by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
explicitly forbade women from joining to
prevent temptation you know distracting
the men and all that this particular
rule was not strictly followed in the
Austrian town Newland
there was a templar nunnery that was
officially labeled as such which
provided refuge for templars that passed
through
they're more throughout the various
Templar houses there are countless
records of female members who mainly
held the rank of consular or Donut
meaning those that were bound to the
order as lay sisters or as donors to the
cause one of the most prominent was erm
Encarta a Volusia who became a member
along with her husband after donating
land she was unique in that she was a
full-fledged sister of the order the
equivalent rank to a brother of the
order and she is recorded as being a
precept tricks or commander of the house
of rural and catalunya present-day Spain
she was a serious force in the order and
recruited many more women to join number
one they still exist today despite the
order of the Knights Templar having been
officially disbanded in 1314 their
influence and teachings can still be
felt today of course it's long been
thought that Knights have continued to
protect the legendary treasures that
were hidden but the truth behind this
has so far evaded discovery you can
however join the Knights Templar
yourself if you wish as there are
organizations around the world that
exists in tribute to the original order
they are not in any way affiliated to
the original Knights Templar but expect
their members to adhere to their morals
and beliefs with ceremonies based around
Templar traditions and the importance of
assisting one another these groups are
an important part of their members lives
despite seeming like no more than
monastic order Cosway to outsiders
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