With their military mission and extensive financial resources, the Knights Templar funded a large number of building projects around Europe and the Holy Land, many structures remain standing today.

Middle East

In the Kingdom of Jerusalem, now in Israel and Southern Lebanon: Al-Aqsa Mosque on Temple Mount, Jerusalem, 1119–1187 , built around 1110 by Hugues de Payens (Khirbet el-Burj) near Tantura, 12th century to 1291 with interruption in the late 1180s , 1149–1187 , 1150–1179 La Fève, now Merhavia, 1160s to 1187 , 1166–1187 Castle of Maldoim or Adumim (Rouge Cisterne, Arabic Qal'at ad-Damm) near Khan al-Ahmar, built ca. 1170 Burgata inland from Netanya, until 1189 Tel Yokneam (Caymont or Cain Mons) southeast of Haifa, ca. 1262–1265 Yalo (Castrum Arnaldi) southeast of Ramla, 1179–1187 A fortress in nearby Latrun, 12th century Safed, 1168–1188 and 1240–1266 near Safed, 1178–1179 , east of Jerusalem Tell es-Safi (Blanchegarde) Properties in Acre, Israel, including the still-extant Templar Tunnel Château Pèlerin (fr. "Pilgrim Castle"), also known as Atlit Castle, 1218–1291 Sidon, 1260–1268 Beaufort Castle, Lebanon, 1260–1268 Jordan River Project, Israel, 1955 – Jordan River Project, Jordan, 1955 – In the County of Tripoli, now in Northern Lebanon and coastal Syria: Chastel Blanc, 1117–1271 Tartus (Tortosa) and its fortress, Templars headquarters 1152–1188 and fortress held until 1291, including the Cathedral of Our Lady of Tortosa Areimeh Castle, from the early 1150s to 1187 with interruption 1171–1177 Arwad island (Ruad), occupied in 1300–1302 In the Principality of Antioch, now in Turkey: Roche-Guillaume, 12th century–1203 and 1237–1298 Trapessac, in the 12th century until 1188 Bagras (Gaston), 1153–1189 and 1216–1268 , from the 12th century to 1268 The Templars also held commandries in Ascalon, Jaffa, Tyre, Laodicea, Rhosus, Alexandretta, and Ayas.

Cyprus The Templars briefly owned the entire island of Cyprus in 1191–1192, preceding the establishment of the Kingdom of Cyprus Gastria Castle, 1210–1279 Kolossi Castle, 1306–1313 Fortresses in Germasogeia and Khirokitia Also commandries in Nicosia, Famagusta, Limassol, Paphos, and Psimolofou, including the Twin Church of the Templars and Hospitallers in Famagusta

France

Templar fortress of Paris, now destroyed. Commandry of Coulommiers, France Commandry of Avalleur, in Bar-sur-Seine Commandry of Saint-Blaise, HyèresHyères, Pinterest, accessed 7 August 2013 La Rochelle, Charente Maritime, France Chapelle des Templiers de Metz - 12th-century Gothic chapel with octagonal plan and various paintings. Commandry of Libdeau, Toul - 12th-century Gothic chapel with rectangular plan and traces of paintings. Commandry of , Châteaudun - 12th-century Gothic chapel. Commandry of Sergeac Commandry of Dognon, Blanzac-Porcheresse - 12th-century chapel with rectangular plan and various paintings. Commandry of Sainte-Eulalie-de-Cernon Commandry of Richerenches La Couvertoirade, Aveyron - A castle, commandry and fortifications Commandry of Celles Commandry of Arville, now restored with a museum of Templar history.

Commandry of Épailly, Templar estate dating from the late 12th century with a large early 13th century gothic chapel, military structures and extensive barns in 21520 Courban

Portugal

Castle of Almourol Castelo Branco Castle of Idanha Castle of Monsanto , Castle of Pombal Castle of Soure - received and reconstructed in March 1128, was the first castle of the Knights Templar. Old town of Tomar, including the Castle, the Convent of the Order of Christ and the Church of Santa Maria do Olival

Spain Crown of Castile and Leon Castle of Montalbán in San Martín de Montalbán, province of Toledo in Cebolla, province of Toledo Castle of San Servando, in Toledo The Templar House, Toledo Iglesia de la Vera Cruz in Segovia Castillo de los Templarios in Ponferrada Castle of Alcañices, in Zamora

Crown of Aragon Peniscola Castle Castle of Castellote Castle of Miravet Castle of Barbens Castle of Gardeny, in Lérida Commandry of Palau, in Palau-solità i Plegamans Castle of Xivert in Valencia Castle of Cintruénigo: the birth of a 12th-century gilda around the encomienda of Novillas, in the Valley of the middle Ebro, delimited by Queiles and Huecha, as a point of connection between the three kingdoms of Pamplona-Navarra, Aragon and Castile.

United Kingdom

Sorted by county

England

Bisham Abbey Berkshire Temple Church, Bristol, Bristol Denny Abbey, Cambridgeshire Temple Church, Bodmin Moor, Temple, Cornwall St Michael's Mount, Cornwall Temple Sowerby, Cumbria Cressing Temple, Essex Little Maplestead, Essex Garway Church, Herefordshire St Mary The Virgin church, Welsh Newton, Herefordshire Church of St Mary the Virgin in Baldock, Hertfordshire Temple Dinsley, Hertfordshire The Manor of Temple Ewell, Kent Rothley Temple (Rothley Preceptory), Rothley, Leicestershire Eagle Hall Lincolnshire South Witham Lincolnshire Temple Bruer, Lincolnshire The Temple including Temple Church, London Inner Temple Middle Temple Temple Mills, Stratford, London Temple Cowton, North Yorkshire Westerdale Preceptory, North Yorkshire Temple Cowley, Oxfordshire Templars Square, Oxfordshire Cameley and Temple Cloud, Somerset Templecombe, Somerset Keele, Staffordshire . Accessed 16 October 2014. Temple Balsall, Warwickshire Temple End, Harbury, Warwickshire Church of St Mary the Blessed Virgin, Sompting. West Sussex St Mary's Church, Shipley, West Sussex Temple Newsam, West Yorkshire Temple Farm, Rockley, Wiltshire

Scotland Temple, Midlothian Castle Rainy and Templars' House, Turriff, Aberdeenshire Darvel, East Ayrshire

Wales Llanmadoc Church Gower – gift from the Duchess of Warwick

Ireland Templetown, County Wexford Clontarf Castle (Templar Preceptory), County Dublin Baldongan Church (in-ruins), Skerries, County Dublin Ardfinnan Castle (Templar Preceptory), County TipperaryClonmel And It's Municipal History - Ardfinnan, Clonmel Chronicle, 19 May 1877. Temple House, Ballymote, County Sligo Templevalley Church, Mogealy, County Cork, built in 1302

Germany

Kommende Altmühlmünster (1155–1312) Kommende Augsburg (–1312) Kommende Bamberg (–1311/12) Kommende Braunschweig (1189–1321)Templerlexikon der TU Dresden (Buchstabe B) Kommende BreisigHeino Möhring: . In: Heimatjahrbuch 1997, Landkreis Ahrweiler, Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler 1997, S. 51f Kommende Bollstedt Kommende Emmerstedt near HelmstedtTemplerlexikon der TU Dresden (Buchstabe E) Kommende HalberstadtTemplerlexikon der TU Dresden (Buchstabe H) Kommende Hönningen Kommende Hof Iben near Fürfeld Kommende Kirchheim an der WeinstraßeTemplerhaus Kirchheim , Eintrag im Templerlexikon der Universität Hamburg, pdf Kommende LietzenHeimann et al., 805–815. Kommende Magdeburg (1262–)Templerlexikon der TU Dresden (Buchstabe M) Kommende Mainz Kommende Moritzbrunn (1251–1315)Dieter J. Weiß: Templer im Historischen Lexikon Bayerns Kommende Mücheln near Wettin, Saalekreis Kommende Mühlen Kommende Nordhausen Kommende Oschersleben Kommende Roth an der OurTemplerlexikon der TU Dresden (Buchstabe R) Kommende Süpplingenburg (1245–1312)Templerlexikon der TU Dresden (Buchstabe S) Kommende Tempelachim near Hornburg, Landkreis Wolfenbüttel Kommende Tempelhof (today part of Berlin)Heimann et al., S. 1275–1288. Kommende TopfstedtTemplerlexikon der TU Dresden (Buchstabe O) Kommende Trier (1228–1312)Templerlexikon der TU Dresden (Buchstabe T) Kommende Utterode near Sollstedt, Landkreis Nordhausen Kommende Wichmannsdorf near Haldensleben, Landkreis BördeTemplerlexikon der TU Dresden (Buchstabe W)

Croatia Cesargrad (Kayersperg) Stari grad Ljubač- Castrum Liube (Ljubljana) Brckovljani, Fortress of Klis, Glogovnica Gora, Croatia Gornji Slatinik Hrvatska Dubica, Lovčić Miholjanec, Zdelja village Našice, Nova Ves, Rassecha – Nova Rača Senj, Vižinada Vrana Fortress,

Italy See a detailed list at Sedi templari in Italia Castello della Magione, Poggibonsi San Pietro alla Magione, Siena Valvisciolo Abbey, Sermoneta Abbey of St. Michael in Montescaglioso Templars' Tower at San Felice Circeo (from 1240 to 1259)

Other countries

Haneffe, Belgium Villers-le-Temple, Belgium Templštejn, Czech Republic Chwarszczany, Poland Grad na Goričkem, Slovenija

See also List of Knights Hospitaller sites Ordensburg

References