Templar knight overlooking the Iberian frontier at dusk

Portugal · Spain · MMXXVI

Templar
Borderlands

The frontier the Order built — castles, commanderies and pilgrim paths along the medieval border of Iberia.

An Iberian Field Guide

Between 1128 and 1314, the Knights Templar held a corridor of stone and faith between two crowns. What they left behind still marks the land — in walls, in roads, in the names of villages.

Templar Borderlands
"Non nobis, Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam."

Motto of the Order · Psalm 115