The Temple Church, a royal peculiar in the Church of England, is a church in the Inner and Middle Temples located between Fleet Street and the River Thames in London, England. It was built by the Knig
Temple Church, view from south-west, showing the original Round Church, now forming the narthex
Temple Church, view from southeast showing the chancel and east end
The Temple Church in 1914
East Window at Temple Church in 2009
The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, mainly known as the Knights Templar, was a military order of the Catholic faith, and one of the most important military orders in Weste
Temple Church
…Church of England, is a church in the Inner and Middle Temples located between Fleet Street and the River Thames in London, England. It was built by the Knights Templar for their English headquarters in the Temple precinct and consecrated on 10 February 1185 by Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem. During the reign of King…
A Seal of the Knights Templar
The first headquarters of the Knights Templar, on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. The Crusaders called it "the Temple of Solomon" and from this location derived their name of Templar.
King Baldwin II presiding over a council with the Templars
Battle of Hattin in 1187, the turning point leading to the Third Crusade. From a copy of the Passages d'outremer, c. 1490