Temple Church, London.
Located between Fleet-street and the River Thames.
The church was built by the Knights Templar and consecrated in 1185.
After the order was suppressed in 1307, it was handed over to the British Crown.
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Located between Fleet-street and the River Thames.
The church was built by the Knights Templar and consecrated in 1185.
After the order was suppressed in 1307, it was handed over to the British Crown.
Video from Knights_Templar_ of_ Albion.
The Temple Church served as headquarters for the Knights Templar in England for over a century. All English members of the order we're sworn in here until 1307.
The Church was built in a round design inspired by the Holy Sepulcher and Dome of the Rock Mosque in Jerusalem.
The Church was built in a round design inspired by the Holy Sepulcher and Dome of the Rock Mosque in Jerusalem.
Today the Temple church has the distinction of being personally under the jurisdiction of the British Queen and not the Diocese of London.
It serves the surrounding Inns of Courts, centers of the British legal professions.
It serves the surrounding Inns of Courts, centers of the British legal professions.
There are nine tomb effigies located on the floor of the church, representing 9 Templar Knights buried there.
The round church is 55 feet (17 m) in diameter and contains within it a circle of the earliest known surviving free-standing Purbeck Marble columns
The round church is 55 feet (17 m) in diameter and contains within it a circle of the earliest known surviving free-standing Purbeck Marble columns
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