The majestic castle-monastery in Tomar is located on a high hill, it is the main dominant of the small town of the same name. Tomar Castle was built in the 12th century as the main residence and headquarters of the Portuguese wing of the powerful Knights Templar. However, after the dissolution of the order in the XIV century. King Dinis I of Portugal reorganized it, creating a new order of Christ, which became the successor to all the property, privileges, charter and wealth of the templars. This new military order was involved in the preparation and implementation of the great sea voyages and discoveries that the Portuguese made in the 15th-16th centuries.→
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