Round-arched Romanesque window in central apse at eastern end of the Church of the Knights Templar or All Saints (Chiesa di Ognissanti già dei Templari), at Trani in Puglia (Apulia), Italy. Sculpted decoration includes knotwork or interlacing and the depiction of mythical creatures. The church was built in the 1100s, with the apses and sculptural decorations attributed to the 1200s.
Trani, Province of Barletta, Puglia (Apulia), Italy: window in central apse at eastern end of the Church of the Knights Templar (Chiesa di Ognissanti già dei Templari). The church was built in the 1100s, with the apses and sculptural decorations attributed to the 1200s. Local tradition refers to the church as the domus of the Templar Order and there was a Templar presence in Trani from 1142. Trani, a town with a small harbour and important centre of the wine trade, is located on the Adriatic coast in south east Italy. It was founded by the Romans and later dominated by the Byzantine Empire and Lombards. It flourished under the Normans and Swabian (Hohenstaufen) kings of Sicily as a result of trade with the Middle East. The medieval part of the town includes the castle, built 1233 - 1249 by Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II, the 1100s Ognissanti Church of the Knights Templar, and the Romanesque-Apulian Cathedral, begun in1094 and dedicated to saint Peregrinus (Nicola Pellegrino), a young Greek pilgrim who died at Trani.
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Location: Church of the Knights Templar, Chiesa di Ognissanti già dei Templari, Trani, Puglia, Apulia, Italy
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
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