St Maria La Blanca, The Templar's Cathedral

Описание: In my previous life times (I have had dreams of my previous reincarnations, see also My Falcons as a reference), when I served in the Knights Templar as a military architect, I had to come through these places to expand or maintain castles and fortresses along the pilgrims routes. So this Templar Cathedral looked familiar to me, like if I have been there before.

This was a Knight's Templar's Head Quarters with a head master in charge and a garrison of around 92 Knights Templar and Sergeants in Arms covering the security an financial services of the north pilgrims route toward Santiago de Compostela. The Brother of King Alfonso X "The Wise" Prince Felipe, a Templar Knight himself serving this temple/cathedral HQ, is buried here next to one of his wives.

Santa Maria La Blanca Templar's Cathedral was built in the transition from Romanesque to Gothic style from the second half of the 12th century to the last third of the 13th century. The medieval name of the town was "Villasirga", it is called in the Cantigas by Alfonso X "The Wise". Since the 16th century, its inhabitants have called it "Villalcazar de Sirga". "Alcazar" means fortress and their church looks like a castle. Both names make reference to "Sirga", the path towards Santiago or the previous Visogothic route. More at,

https://rafael-baragano.com/templars-...

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