Convento de Christo or Convent of Christ once the headquarters of The Order of the Knights Templar.


High above Tomar Portugal sits the Convento de Christo or Convent of Christ once the headquarters of The Order of the Knights Templar This building is called Charola and is a 16 sided circular Templar church


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