{"id":273247,"date":"2026-06-04T02:00:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T01:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/?p=273247"},"modified":"2026-06-04T02:01:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T01:01:34","slug":"knights-templar-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/es\/blog\/knights-templar-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights Templar in Portugal: History, Order of Christ Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"273247\" class=\"elementor elementor-273247\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bbcd39 e-con-full e-grid e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7bbcd39\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a27811 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7a27811\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Fabio-Mendes-Founder-and-CEO-at-Yellow-Cab-TT-Tours-author-rof7aeaemvfoufg6gk2ulx6axi4jh3mbcp853bh8tc.png\" title=\"F\u00e1bio Mendes \u2013 Founder and CEO at Yellow Cab TT Tours \u2013 author\" alt=\"F\u00e1bio Mendes - Founder and CEO at Yellow Cab TT Tours - author\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c0d2a2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c0d2a2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Author:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/our-team\/fabio-mendes\/\">F\u00e1bio Mendes<\/a> \u00b7 Founder &amp; Director, Yellow Cab TT Tours<\/div><div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>4 June 2026 \u00b7 19 min read<\/b><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dbc9a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4dbc9a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-64c70d98 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"64c70d98\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-extended\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d60e82e\" data-id=\"3d60e82e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f72ec8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8f72ec8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"535\">In 1307, the Knights Templar were the most powerful military order in the Christian world. They had 870 castles, controlled trade routes from England to the Holy Land, and held more wealth than most European kings. Nine months later, they no longer existed \u2014 in most of Europe.\u00a0<\/p><p data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"535\">Their collapse was not caused by losing a war, failing a crusade, or any particular moral breakdown. It was caused by one king&#8217;s unpaid debts, one conveniently French pope, and arrest warrants executed with unusual pre-dawn efficiency.\u00a0<\/p><p data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"535\">Portugal was different.\u00a0<\/p><p data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"535\">This guide covers 12 centuries of Templar history in Portugal: how they arrived in 1128, how they built the castle at Tomar in 1160, why King Dinis I refused to follow the rest of Europe after 1307, and how their legacy shaped the Portuguese Age of Discovery. It also covers where to see their monuments today and how to visit them from Lisbon.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e80a439 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e80a439\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5832192 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5832192\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57acede elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"57acede\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h2&quot;,&quot;h3&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were found on this page.&quot;,&quot;marker_view&quot;:&quot;numbers&quot;,&quot;minimize_box&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;minimized_on&quot;:&quot;tablet&quot;,&quot;hierarchical_view&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;min_height&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;min_height_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"table-of-contents.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-toc__header-title\">\n\t\t\t\tTable of Contents\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--expand\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__57acede\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Abrir la tabla de contenidos\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-down\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__toggle-button elementor-toc__toggle-button--collapse\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"elementor-toc__57acede\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-label=\"Cerrar la tabla de contenidos\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-chevron-up\"><\/i><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-toc__57acede\" class=\"elementor-toc__body\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toc__spinner-container\">\n\t\t\t\t<i class=\"elementor-toc__spinner eicon-animation-spin eicon-loading\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eff6f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8eff6f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1619cdc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1619cdc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d9e309\" data-id=\"5d9e309\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97bf54d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"97bf54d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Friday, October 13, 1307: The Day That Changed the Templars Forever<\/h2><p>The Knights Templar were founded in Jerusalem around 1119 by Hugues de Payens and eight companions. Their original mission was to protect Christian pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land after the First Crusade of 1099. Within a decade, the order had the backing of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and official recognition from Pope Honorius II (1128). That same year, the Templars arrived in Portugal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28543e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"28543e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"451\" src=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/convent-of-christ-e1758645016441-1024x577.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-260607\" alt=\"Convent of Christ in Tomar, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983, founded 1160 by Knights Templar\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/convent-of-christ-e1758645016441-1024x577.webp 1024w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/convent-of-christ-e1758645016441-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/convent-of-christ-e1758645016441-768x433.webp 768w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/convent-of-christ-e1758645016441.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4084e61 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4084e61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47f11b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47f11b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-416a42a\" data-id=\"416a42a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52a51ca elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"52a51ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>The Templars Arrive in Portugal: 1128<\/h2><p>The Knights Templar were founded in Jerusalem around 1119 by Hugues de Payens and eight companions. Their original mission was to protect Christian pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land after the First Crusade of 1099. Within a decade, the order had the backing of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and official recognition from Pope Honorius II (1128).\u00a0<\/p><p>That same year, the Templars arrived in Portugal.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>Castle of Soure and the Reconquista<\/h3><p>On<b> March 19, 1128<\/b>, Countess Teresa of Portugal granted the Knights Templar the frontier castle of Soure, near Coimbra. The castle stood on the contested boundary between Christian-held northern Portugal and Moorish-held southern territory. The Templars&#8217; job was to hold the frontier while the Portuguese expanded south. They were effective. In 1147, Templar forces fought alongside King Afonso Henriques in the conquest of Santar\u00e9m \u2014 a decisive military campaign that pushed the Moorish line south and secured central Portugal for the Christian kingdoms. The same year, the Templars participated in the Siege of Lisbon, which ended eight centuries of Moorish control of the city.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>The Role of the Templars in Building a Nation<\/h3><p>Portugal in 1128 was not yet a kingdom \u2014 it was a county under Castilian sovereignty. The Templars backed Afonso Henriques as he fought both the Moors and the Castilians, helping establish Portuguese independence. In 1143, Afonso Henriques was recognized as King of Portugal by the papacy. The Templars had helped create the country. In return, they received enormous land grants across central and southern Portugal: castles, monasteries, and territories that generated agricultural and commercial revenue for two centuries.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87ff75a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"87ff75a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Convento-de-Cristo-min-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-251818\" alt=\"Convent of Christ in Tomar, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983, founded 1160 by Knights Templar\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Convento-de-Cristo-min-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Convento-de-Cristo-min-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Convento-de-Cristo-min-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Convento-de-Cristo-min-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Convento-de-Cristo-min-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Convento-de-Cristo-min.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62f3164 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"62f3164\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-765b587 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"765b587\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca20308\" data-id=\"ca20308\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fe3c48 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fe3c48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Gualdim Pais Builds Tomar: 1160<\/h2><p>Gualdim Pais (1118\u20131195) was born in northern Portugal and joined the Knights Templar as a young man. He fought in the Second Crusade (1147\u20131149) alongside King Afonso Henriques and returned to Portugal as a senior officer. By 1157, he had been appointed Grand Master of the Knights Templar in Portugal.\u00a0<\/p><p>In 1160, Gualdim Pais selected a hilltop above the Nabao River, 136 kilometres northeast of Lisbon, and began construction of what would become the most important Templar complex in Portugal: the Castle of Tomar.\u00a0<\/p><p>The castle included a circular Romanesque chapel \u2014 the Charola \u2014 built between 1160 and 1190, modeled on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. The 16-sided rotunda allowed mounted knights to attend Mass without dismounting, a practical design for a military order.\u00a0<\/p><p>Gualdim Pais defended the castle against a Moorish assault in 1190, holding Tomar when most of the surrounding territory fell. He died in 1195 and was buried at the Church of Santa Maria do Olival in Tomar, which he himself had founded as the ceremonial burial site for the Grand Masters of the Order.\u00a0<\/p><p>The town of Tomar grew around the Templar castle. Its street plan, its church, its aqueduct \u2014 all trace back to the 160 years the Templars used it as their Iberian headquarters.\u00a0<\/p><p>I have been inside the Charola at the top of that hill more times than I can count. It is intact \u2014 the dome complete, the ambulatory walkable, the altar still in place. Most comparable Templar structures elsewhere in Europe are ruins or archaeological traces. Tomar&#8217;s is not. When I bring clients here for the first time, the Charola is usually the moment the whole history stops being abstract.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8824534 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8824534\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tomar3-min-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-251834\" alt=\"Convent of Christ\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tomar3-min-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tomar3-min-600x400.webp 600w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tomar3-min-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tomar3-min-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tomar3-min-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Tomar3-min.webp 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9032270 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9032270\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-abd0e1c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"abd0e1c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f418604\" data-id=\"f418604\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a96668 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0a96668\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Dissolution in Europe, Survival in Portugal: 1307\u20131319<\/h2><div>\u00a0<\/div><h3>King Philip IV of France and Pope Clement V<\/h3><p>By 1300, the Crusades were over. Jerusalem had been lost in 1187 and never permanently recovered. The Templars&#8217; original military purpose \u2014 protecting pilgrims to the Holy Land \u2014 had disappeared. They had transformed into a banking and financial institution: lending money to kings, managing international trade routes, and accumulating a land portfolio across Europe that made them politically threatening.\u00a0<\/p><p>Philip IV of France owed the Templars large sums. He was also in a protracted conflict with the papacy over taxation of French clergy. When Clement V \u2014 a Frenchman, elected to the papacy in 1305 under significant French pressure, and who relocated the papal court to Avignon rather than Rome \u2014 became pope, Philip found an ally well-positioned to help. The charges of heresy were drawn up, the arrests coordinated, and in 1312, *Vox in excelso* dissolved the order. It is worth noting that Philip also expelled the Jews from France in 1306, seizing their assets. His financial strategy had a pattern.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>King Dinis of Portugal Refuses<\/h3><p>The question history-minded clients ask most often is why Portugal reacted so differently from France, Castile, or England. The practical answer is that King Dinis owed the Templars a national debt \u2014 without them, the frontier that became Portugal might never have held. The political answer is that he was a pragmatist: he saw no reason to destroy a functional military institution that had served the country for 180 years, and every reason to preserve it under a different name.\u00a0<\/p><p>In Portugal, King Dinis I (r. 1279\u20131325) refused to follow the same path as the rest of Europe. The Templars in Portugal had not been accused of heresy by any Portuguese court. They had protected the kingdom for 180 years, participated in the Reconquista, and built some of the country&#8217;s most important fortifications.\u00a0<\/p><p>Dinis refused to persecute them. He also refused to hand their Portuguese properties over to the Knights Hospitaller, as the papal bull technically required.\u00a0<\/p><p>Instead, Dinis negotiated. He argued that the Templar property in Portugal should remain in Portuguese hands \u2014 not transferred to a foreign order. He spent seven years in diplomatic negotiation with the papacy.\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><h3>The Order of Christ Is Born: 1318\u20131319<\/h3><p>\u00a0In 1318, King Dinis founded the Order of Christ (*Ordem de Cristo*) at Castro Marim, in the Algarve. The new order formally absorbed the surviving Knights Templar of Portugal, adopting the same structure, the same membership, and the same headquarters at Tomar.<\/p><p>\u00a0On March 14, 1319, Pope John XXII issued the papal bull *Ad ea ex quibus*, confirming the Order of Christ as the legitimate successor to the Knights Templar in Portugal. The Templar properties \u2014 castles, land, monasteries \u2014 were formally transferred to the new order.<\/p><p>In 1356, the Order of Christ moved its headquarters to Tomar Castle, the former Templar seat, where it remained for two centuries.<\/p><p>\u00a0Portugal was the only country in Europe where the Knights Templar were never truly dissolved \u2014 they simply changed their name.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b0b8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"06b0b8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"512\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Charola-\u2014-Templar-Round-Church-12th-Century.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-273240\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Charola-\u2014-Templar-Round-Church-12th-Century.jpg 512w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Charola-\u2014-Templar-Round-Church-12th-Century-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/The-Charola-\u2014-Templar-Round-Church-12th-Century-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9698db0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9698db0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5695ac8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5695ac8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7645019\" data-id=\"7645019\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-583cc08 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"583cc08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Henry the Navigator and the Age of Discovery: 1417\u20131460<\/h2><p>The Order of Christ continued as a military and religious institution through the 14th and early 15th centuries. Then, in <b>1417<\/b>, Prince Henry became Grand Master of the Order \u2014 and changed its purpose entirely.\u00a0<\/p><p>Henry (1394\u20131460), third son of King Jo\u00e3o I, was not a sailor. He never captained a voyage. He is nonetheless called Henry the Navigator, a title that reflects what he funded rather than what he personally did. As Grand Master of the Order of Christ, he controlled the order&#8217;s considerable wealth and used it to finance systematic maritime exploration along the African coast \u2014 arguably becoming history&#8217;s most consequential venture capitalist.\u00a0<\/p><p>The Order of Christ financed:\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>The capture of Ceuta, North Africa, 1415\u044e<\/li><li>\u00a0The discovery of Madeira, 1420.<\/li><li>The settlement of the Azores, 1427.<\/li><li>The rounding of Cape Bojador, West Africa, 1434\u00a0<\/li><li>The discovery of Cape Verde, 1456.<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>The cross that appeared on the sails of Portuguese ships during the Age of Discovery \u2014 the red cross pattee on a white field \u2014 was the cross of the Order of Christ, direct successor to the Knights Templar cross.\u00a0<\/p><p>Every expedition that left Lisbon in the 15th century carried a Templar symbol. The wealth of the order that Gualdim Pais built at Tomar in 1160 funded the exploration of the globe.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f6074e elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7f6074e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4630370 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4630370\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-632f077\" data-id=\"632f077\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f627ea elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0f627ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Where to See the Knights Templar Legacy in Portugal Today<\/h2><p>\u00a0<\/p><div class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:72e5a164-9db5-4443-bd2a-6d5a5fbe6dd0-0\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\"><section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:72e5a164-9db5-4443-bd2a-6d5a5fbe6dd0-0\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-WEB:72e5a164-9db5-4443-bd2a-6d5a5fbe6dd0-0\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-2\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\"><div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-3 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"><div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"><div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"><div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"2f45c2ff-be60-4e3f-8b14-5c21d76890f0\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-5\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\"><div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"><div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"><h3 data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\">Convent of Christ, Tomar (UNESCO 1983)<\/h3><p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The Convent of Christ is the most complete surviving example of Templar and Order of Christ architecture in the world. Built on the same hilltop as the 1160 castle, the complex expanded over four centuries: the Charola (1160\u20131190), the main church (1510\u20131515, Manueline style), and eight cloisters added between the 13th and 17th centuries. <a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/265\/\">UNESCO declared it a World Heritage Site in 1983<\/a>.<\/p><p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Entry is 15 EUR per adult. The visit takes 2 to 3 hours.<\/p><p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">For a full visiting guide \u2014 what to see, how much time each section needs, practical logistics \u2014 read: <a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/blog\/convent-of-christ-tomar\/\">Convent of Christ Tomar: History, Architecture and Visiting Guide<\/a>.<\/p><p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">To see everything Tomar has to offer beyond the Convent: <a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/blog\/what-to-do-in-tomar\/\">Things to Do in Tomar, Portugal<\/a>.<\/p><p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u00a0<\/p><h3 data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\">Almourol Castle<\/h3><p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/almourol\/\">Almourol<\/a> Castle sits on a small granite island in the middle of the Tagus River, 76 kilometres northeast of Lisbon. The Templars rebuilt and enlarged the existing Roman fortification in <strong>1171<\/strong>, under the direction of Gualdim Pais. The castle consists of a central keep, 10 towers, and a perimeter wall \u2014 all surrounded by water on all sides.<\/p><p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The island is accessible only by boat, with small ferries departing from the riverbank. No entry fee for the exterior; the keep interior has minimal facilities. The castle appears in multiple medieval Portuguese romances and is a classified national monument under the Portuguese Directorate-General of Cultural Heritage <a href=\"https:\/\/imovel.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt\/detalhes.php?code=70469\">patrimoniocultural.gov.pt<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p><p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Our private tour to Tomar includes a stop at Almourol: <a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/private-tours\/tomar-tour\/\">Private Tour: Tomar and Almourol from Lisbon.<\/a><\/p><p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u00a0<\/p><h3 data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\">Quinta da Regaleira, Sintra<\/h3><p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Quinta da Regaleira is not a Templar building. It was completed in 1910 \u2014 roughly 600 years after the Templars ceased to exist in most of Europe. Visitors sometimes ask, with genuine curiosity, whether the Initiation Well is &#8220;really Templar.&#8221; It is not. It is the personal commission of a 20th-century millionaire who found the symbolism more compelling than the documented history. This does not make the well less worth visiting \u2014 it descends 27 metres through nine spiral landings and is one of the more unusual constructions in the Sintra region. It simply does not make it medieval.<\/p><p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The Templar connection is symbolic, not historical \u2014 but the property sits 3 kilometres from the Moorish Castle that Templar-era military orders also used. For visitors interested in the Templar mythology of Sintra, Quinta da Regaleira is the main draw.<\/p><p data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"1232\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Our Sintra Palaces private tour includes Quinta da Regaleira: <a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/private-tours\/sintra-palaces\/\">Private Tour: Sintra Palaces from Lisbon<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-330d5d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"330d5d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-877c5ee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"877c5ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cf0f27a\" data-id=\"cf0f27a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b06df77 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b06df77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Beyond the Convent: The Rest of Tomar in Brief<\/h2><p>The Convent accounts for most of what draws visitors to Tomar, but the city has three additional monuments within 15 minutes&#8217; walk of the hilltop that change the character of the visit considerably.\u00a0<\/p><p>The <b>Synagogue of Tomar<\/b> (built 1430\u20131460) is the only intact medieval synagogue in Portugal \u2014 a National Monument now housing the Abraham Zacuto Museum.\u00a0<\/p><p>The <b>Church of Santa Maria do Olival<\/b> (12th century) is the burial church of the Knights Templar Grand Masters and was designated by papal bull in 1455 as the Mother Church of all Portuguese overseas parishes.\u00a0<\/p><p>Th<b>e Peg\u00f5es Aqueduct<\/b> (1593\u20131614, 6.223 km, 180 arches, 30 metres at maximum height) was designed by the same Filippo Terzi who completed the Main Cloister above. For full descriptions of all four Tomar monuments with visiting logistics, see\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/blog\/what-to-do-in-tomar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Things to Do in Tomar: Complete Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-652c0f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"652c0f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1f9efae elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1f9efae\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7479b21\" data-id=\"7479b21\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96e81da elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"96e81da\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Private Tours to Tomar and the Templar Sites from Lisbon<\/h2><p>Tomar is 136 kilometres from Lisbon \u2014 approximately 1 hour 30 minutes by car on the A1 motorway. By train from Lisbon Santa Apolonia, the journey takes 2 hours with a change at Entroncamento (10\u201312 trains daily, 11\u201313 EUR).\u00a0<\/p><p>On a private tour, a guide with knowledge of the Templar history narrates what you see rather than leaving you to read information panels. We have run Templar-route tours from Lisbon since 2013.\u00a0<\/p><p><b>Our tours that include Tomar:<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8271ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a8271ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac58a4f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ac58a4f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-952585e e-con-full scale e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"952585e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7df742 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7df742\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tomar Templar Tour<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f15006 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4f15006\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/es\/private-tours\/tomar-tour\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/ascais-3-r2pm1sr5ffq3z1zmoalh8s7cvq0r8meq4cvdw5pz5s.webp\" title=\"Tomar Convent of Christ Almourol Castle Templar route private tour\" alt=\"Convent of Christ in Tomar, UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983, founded 1160 by Knights Templar\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db1726b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"db1726b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44826b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44826b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tomar - Convent of Christ - Almourol - Santar\u00e9m<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f011d2e e-con-full scale e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f011d2e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ae8faa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7ae8faa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tomar + F\u00e1tima Tour<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7503cc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7503cc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/es\/private-tours\/tomar-fatima\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/tomar-fatima-r2nugnizdk23ah3moar6dxvvx2xch5nt252hvtuyio.webp\" title=\"Tomar Convent of Christ and F\u00e1tima sanctuary private tour\" alt=\"Tomar Convent of Christ and F\u00e1tima sanctuary private tour\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-062957e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"062957e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27f762b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"27f762b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History, Faith, and UNESCO Heritage in One Tour<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-604e438 e-con-full scale e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"604e438\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32991e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"32991e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tomar + Coimbra Tour<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65d0bd2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"65d0bd2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/tomar-coimbra-2\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/ascais-2-r2plr82ijj8zczclf81koy9oao53n7ffo0nqj3ef5s.webp\" title=\"Tomar Templar heritage and Coimbra university private tour\" alt=\"Tomar Templar heritage and Coimbra university private tour\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb63ca9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fb63ca9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b5f685 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b5f685\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Templar History and Academic Charm<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5d81cb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c5d81cb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c58846 e-con-full scale e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4c58846\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6030150 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6030150\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tomar + Lisbon<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6636cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a6636cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/tomar-lisbon-tour\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Untitled-design-78-r6iu2kwopack5ubxey88xa4wojfxqxziai3zwnf60w.webp\" title=\"Tomar Templar heritage and Lisbon private tour\" alt=\"Tomar Templar heritage and Lisbon private tour\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0910846 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0910846\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ced4fd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ced4fd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">knights, heritage, and vibrant city life.<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4fa23b e-con-full scale e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e4fa23b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4086701 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4086701\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Tomar + Sintra<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b241565 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b241565\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/tomar-sintra-tour\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Untitled-design-75-r6iqxwz3j64akfzear12k7mxewr44zpqgv3u3ogxts.webp\" title=\"Tomar Convent of Christ and Sintra private tour\" alt=\"Tomar Convent of Christ and Sintra private tour\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e5d0c1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e5d0c1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-623520d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"623520d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/tomar-sintra-tour\/\">Sintra - Roca Cape - Cascais - Estoril<\/a><\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-89a298e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"89a298e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d768ef6\" data-id=\"d768ef6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53564a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"53564a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">FAQ \u2014 Visiting Tomar<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfc3146 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"bfc3146\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2010\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2010\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What is the connection between the Knights Templar and Friday the 13th? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-question\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2010\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4875b90 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4875b90\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5bc4ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5bc4ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On Friday, October 13, 1307, King Philip IV of France ordered the simultaneous arrest of Knights Templar across France. However, historians including those at National Geographic confirm the connection to the modern Friday the 13th superstition is not direct \u2014 the superstition was not documented until the early 20th century. October 13, 1307 is historically significant for the Templars, but it did not give birth to the bad-luck myth.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2011\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2011\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Why did Portugal treat the Knights Templar differently from the rest of Europe? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-question\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2011\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-527a5a5 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"527a5a5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a634605 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a634605\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>King Dinis I of Portugal refused to execute or persecute the Templars because they had defended Portugal for 180 years during the Reconquista. Rather than hand their properties to the Knights Hospitaller as the pope required, he negotiated for 7 years and created the Order of Christ in 1318 \u2014 a new order that absorbed the Templars entirely.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2012\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2012\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Who was Gualdim Pais? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-question\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2012\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cab2639 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cab2639\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5802591 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5802591\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gualdim Pais (1118\u20131195) was Grand Master of the Knights Templar in Portugal from 1157. He fought in the Second Crusade and returned to found the Castle of Tomar in 1160. He defended the castle against a Moorish siege in 1190 and died in 1195. He is buried at the Church of Santa Maria do Olival in Tomar, which he also founded.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2013\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2013\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What is the Order of Christ? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-question\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2013\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8fd03b2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8fd03b2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23e0360 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23e0360\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Order of Christ is the Portuguese successor organisation to the Knights Templar, founded by King Dinis in 1318 and confirmed by papal bull in 1319. It inherited all Templar properties, personnel, and the headquarters at Tomar Castle. It remained active as a religious and military order through the 16th century. Henry the Navigator served as its Grand Master from 1417.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2014\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"5\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2014\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What role did the Knights Templar play in the Portuguese Age of Discovery? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-question\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2014\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0892157 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0892157\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-109d82f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"109d82f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Through the Order of Christ, the Templar infrastructure and wealth funded the Portuguese maritime explorations of the 15th century. Henry the Navigator used Order of Christ funds to finance expeditions to Madeira (1420), the Azores (1427), and the West African coast. The cross on Portuguese sails \u2014 the cross pattee in red on white \u2014 was the cross of the Order of Christ.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2015\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"6\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2015\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Where can I see Knights Templar sites in Portugal? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-question\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2015\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e60116 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"1e60116\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b38c01d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b38c01d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The main site is the Convent of Christ in Tomar (UNESCO 1983), which includes the original 1160 Charola chapel. Almourol Castle (1171, on a Tagus River island) is the second major site. Other Templar-era locations include Monsanto Castle, the Church of Santa Maria do Olival in Tomar, and Pombal Castle (built by Gualdim Pais in 1156).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2016\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"7\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2016\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Is the cross on Portuguese sails a Templar cross? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-question\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2016\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-235b87e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"235b87e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d3c8d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d3c8d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Not exactly the same cross. The Templar cross was red on white. The Order of Christ adopted a modified version: a red cross pattee with a white inner cross, placed on a red field. This Cross of Christ appeared on the sails of Vasco da Gama&#8217;s ships to India (1497) and Pedro Alvares Cabral&#8217;s ships to Brazil (1500).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2017\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"8\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2017\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Can I visit Tomar as a day trip from Lisbon? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-question\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2017\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35dad6f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35dad6f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90b34e1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"90b34e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes. Tomar is 136 kilometres northeast of Lisbon, approximately 1 hour 30 minutes by car. By train, the journey takes about 2 hours with a change at Entroncamento. A private tour from Lisbon allows you to combine Tomar with Almourol Castle in a single day without worrying about train schedules or parking.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2018\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"9\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2018\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> When was the Order of Christ created? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-question\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2018\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a17d8d4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a17d8d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01e5032 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"01e5032\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>King Dinis founded the Order of Christ in 1318 at Castro Marim, Algarve. Pope John XXII confirmed it by the papal bull Ad ea ex quibus on March 14, 1319. In 1356, the order moved its headquarters to Tomar Castle.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2019\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"10\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2019\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> What happened to the Order of Christ after the Age of Discovery? <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-question\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-2019\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb54d95 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cb54d95\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-764b706 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"764b706\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Order of Christ remained an active institution through the 16th century, gradually shifting from military to religious functions as Portugal&#8217;s empire expanded. It was secularised in 1789 and now exists as an honorary Portuguese state order. The Grand Cross of the Order of Christ is awarded by the President of Portugal for distinguished service.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1d0e2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"c1d0e2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4891232 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4891232\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ede6560\" data-id=\"ede6560\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d27ba99 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d27ba99\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Planning a day trip to Tomar? We pick up from your hotel in Lisbon or Cascais \u2192 WhatsApp us: <a href=\"https:\/\/wa.me\/351965856169\">+351 965 856 169<\/a> \u2192 Or use the <a href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/contact-us\/\">contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5428440 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5428440\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4430d6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4430d6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-101ba19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"101ba19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Fabio-Mendes-Founder-and-CEO-at-Yellow-Cab-TT-Tours-author-rof7aeaetw1ipb5krl0my3e1hvllns4tw6rd9xyef4.png\" title=\"F\u00e1bio Mendes \u2013 Founder and CEO at Yellow Cab TT Tours \u2013 author\" alt=\"F\u00e1bio Mendes - Founder and CEO at Yellow Cab TT Tours - author\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e8b895 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2e8b895\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div style=\"text-align: center;\">Written by F\u00e1bio Mendes<br \/>Founder &amp; Director of Yellow Cab TT Tours. Guiding in Portugal for 20+ years. <br \/>Founded Yellow Cab TT Tours in 2013. 3,372 five-star reviews on Tripadvisor.<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3e196f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"d3e196f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/yellowcabtttours.pt\/our-team\/fabio-mendes\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">About F\u00e1bio<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b338a91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"b338a91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: F\u00e1bio Mendes \u00b7 Founder &amp; Director, Yellow Cab TT Tours4 June 2026 \u00b7 19 min read In 1307, the Knights Templar were the most powerful military order in the Christian world. 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