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Hi everyone!
I'm back with a quick and simple build.
As some of you may know, I run a local Teen LEGO Club, and we have a theme each month. This month's theme is historical, and I always try to build something if I can to help inspire the group.
The Knights Templar is a subject in history I am incredibly interested in, so I thought it was a great opportunity to recreate one of their famous symbols.
As weird as it may sound, I purposely have the build slightly out of focus, to avoid the visual appearance of all the bricks used in its construction. Thought it might appear more seamless that way.
Also, I guess this could fit in for Easter? Happy Easter!
Enjoy, everyone! :D
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Through the creations that I build, I hope to inspire other young (or perhaps older) LEGO builders to unleash their inner creativity. We all need a positive way to express ourselves, so let's allow LEGO to be an extension of us. Your creativity belongs to you, and nobody can take that away. Build what you want to build, and how you want to build it.
Rosslyn Chapel is a 15th Century chapel in Roslin Scotland. It was featured in the Da Vinci Code book and film, but there is no basis in fact. It has, however, become extremely popular.
Roslin - Rosslyn Chapel
Vicino ad Edimburgo riposa piccola e preziosa la Cappella di Rosslyn, già famosa per i suoi numerosissimi simboli legati ai cavalieri templari ma divenuta celebre in tutto il mondo per il richiamo nel Codice da Vinci di Dan Brown.
E' stata un'emozione poterla visitare e non c'è angolo di essa, sia fuori che dentro, che non meriterebbe di essere osservato per qualche minuto. Nessun angolo è sguarnito di decorazioni, tra motivi richiamanti colture americane, Green Man, colonne decorate a spirale.
All'interno non si possono scattare foto, un vero peccato non aver potuto portare a casa qualche nitido ricordo di tanto splendore.
Sarona was formerly a colony of Templars from Germany dating back to 1871 - leading to the area's distinct architecture.
Sarona Museum is the Sarona Visitor Center. Here you can get information about upcoming events in Sarona. The museum is housed in the former home of the Templer Baldenhofer family. Carl Baldenhofer was an engineer who worked for the Wagner brothers. After the establishment of Israel, the Ministry of Police and Minorities occupied the building. Later the Israel State Archives and the Prime Minister's Library were kept here.
In Pflugfelder House you can learn how the Templers introduced an olive press run by a diesel engine, to replace the traditional olive press that was turned by a donkey.
The convent was founded by the Order of Poor Knights of the Temple (or Templar Knights) in 1118. Its construction continued until the final part of the 12th century with the construction of the oratory, in one of the angles of the castle, completed by the Grand Master D. Gualdim Pais (sometime around 1160). Around 1190 it was encircled and resisted the armies of caliph Abu Yusuf al-Mansur who was successful in taking strongholds in the south. (A plaque was erected near the entrance to the castle to commemorate this event).
During the second quarter of the 13th century, Tomar was transferred into the control of the Templars, becoming its seat. The castle became an integral part of the defence system created by the Templars to secure the border of the young Christian Kingdom against the Moors, which at the time occupied the area to approximately the Tagus River. But, following the dissolution of the Templar Order, on 14 March 1319, and following the request of King Denis of Portugal, Pope John XXII instituted the Order of Christ. The seat of the former Knights Templar was converted in 1357 into the seat of this new order.
The famous round church (rotunda) of the castle of Tomar was also built in the second half of the 12th century. The church, like some other templar churches throughout Europe, was modelled after the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, which was believed by the crusaders to be a remnant of the Temple of Solomon. The Church of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem may also have served as model.
La iglesia de Santa María de Eunate es una iglesia románica ubicada en campo libre, a 2 km de Muruzábal, en Navarra, España. Se halla en el lugar donde se juntan los Caminos de Santiago de Somport (aragonés) y de Roncesvalles (navarro), ubicada en el Valle de Ilzarbe (Valdizarbe). Aunque sea habitual señalar que su origen es templario, no existe ningún documento que lo acredite. Su portada románica ha sido estudiada profundamente. Su distribución arquitectónica puede encontrarse en otros lugares de Navarra. Se caracteriza por su claustro exterior.
La iglesia fue construida en románico en la segunda mitad del siglo XII. Primeramente se trató de una ermita mariana de una cofradía local. Como está lejos de un pueblo y se han encontrado vieiras (atributo tradicional de la peregrinación jacobea) en las tumbas que se hallan en la iglesia, se opina que fue un hospicio para los peregrinos.
El conjunto es de planta octogonal imperfecta y está rodeado por una galería porticada de 33 arcos, con capiteles decorados. La armonía de la planta octogonal queda rota por un ábside pentagonal y una torreta de planta cuadrada adosada al lado de la Epístola. En los muros exteriores se alternan ventanas caladas y ciegas y dos puertas de acceso, la del norte ante el Camino, muy decorada, y otra de más sencilla hacia poniente.
La originalidad de la concepción arquitectónica de este templo ha llamado mucho la atención de visitantes y estudiosos. La planta centralizada, aunque conocida, no fue demasiado usual en el Románico hispano; existen ejemplos como la iglesia de San Marcos de Salamanca (circular) o la Vera Cruz en Segovia (dodecagonal), pero sustancialmente diferentes al edificio que nos ocupa, debido a las imperfecciones del de Eunate. La construcción más semejante, cercana además a Santa María de Eunate, es la iglesia del Santo Sepulcro en Torres del Río, también en Navarra. Ambos edificios comparten formas muy similares, aunque en la última falta la galería de arcos de Eunate, a modo de claustro octogonal. La actual situación aislada de este monumento, gracias a que no se ha producido una urbanización en su entorno, invita a la imaginación de los visitantes y ha sido escenario para varios proyectos relacionados con los Templarios.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_Santa_María_de_Eunate
The Church of Saint Mary of Eunate is a 12th-century Romanesque church located about 2 km south-east of Muruzábal, Navarre, Spain, on the Way of Saint James. Its origins are disputed due to lack of documentation. Its octagonal plan and the fact that it is not located in a present-day village or town but in the countryside contribute to its enigmatic nature. It is a famous site on the French Way path of the Camino de Santiago.
The church is built of dressed stone and its plan is a slightly irregular octagon with a little three-side apse. It presents the typical architectural features of the European Romanesque art (dressed-stone masonry, robust walls, semicircular arches, little windows made of alabaster, etc.) as well as some other local Romanesque characteristics like the chessboard-shape decoration in Navarre and Aragon.
Its eight walls sustain an eight-rib vault, inspired in Cordova's caliphate art. This structure is very similar to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre of Torres del Río, Navarre, 55 km far from Eunate and also on the Way of Saint James. The whole building is surrounded by arches that seem to have been partially reconstructed more recent than the original construction of the church. They may have been built centuries later using rests of a hypothetical now disappeared cloister.
The church is a hermitage dedicated to the Virgin Mary and people from all of the Valdizarbe valley celebrate a traditional romería there. This function is the only unquestioned known use of the building as it is the only one that is documented. The early documented reference to Eunate dates from 1487 and refers to a sodality devoted to the Virgin of Eunate. Nevertheless, the characteristics of the building, its location on the Way of Saint James and the comparison with other coetaneous religious buildings demands further explanation about the origin of the church.
Since the late 19th century, there have been several theories about the original function and authorship of Eunate. Due to its octagonal plan, the first theories stated that Eunate was a Templar church, related to other central plan churches like the above mentioned Holy Sepulchre of Torres del Río, and other undoubtedly Templar buildings like the Templar convent of Tomar, the Temple Church of London or the Holy Sepulchre of Pisa; all of them inspired by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. This alleged Templar origin and the aura of mystery that surrounds the church have contributed to esoteric interpretations. While the presence of Knights Templar in this zone of Navarre is not documented, the importance of another military order, the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem or Knights Hospitaller, that could have operated a hospital ('hostel') for pilgrims to Santiago, is well known. Archaeological excavations have found many burials and the typical St. James' shells.
La iglesia de Santa María de Eunate es una iglesia románica ubicada en campo libre, a 2 km de Muruzábal, en Navarra, España. Se halla en el lugar donde se juntan los Caminos de Santiago de Somport (aragonés) y de Roncesvalles (navarro), ubicada en el Valle de Ilzarbe (Valdizarbe). Aunque sea habitual señalar que su origen es templario, no existe ningún documento que lo acredite. Su portada románica ha sido estudiada profundamente. Su distribución arquitectónica puede encontrarse en otros lugares de Navarra. Se caracteriza por su claustro exterior.
La iglesia fue construida en románico en la segunda mitad del siglo XII. Primeramente se trató de una ermita mariana de una cofradía local. Como está lejos de un pueblo y se han encontrado vieiras (atributo tradicional de la peregrinación jacobea) en las tumbas que se hallan en la iglesia, se opina que fue un hospicio para los peregrinos.
El conjunto es de planta octogonal imperfecta y está rodeado por una galería porticada de 33 arcos, con capiteles decorados. La armonía de la planta octogonal queda rota por un ábside pentagonal y una torreta de planta cuadrada adosada al lado de la Epístola. En los muros exteriores se alternan ventanas caladas y ciegas y dos puertas de acceso, la del norte ante el Camino, muy decorada, y otra de más sencilla hacia poniente.
La originalidad de la concepción arquitectónica de este templo ha llamado mucho la atención de visitantes y estudiosos. La planta centralizada, aunque conocida, no fue demasiado usual en el Románico hispano; existen ejemplos como la iglesia de San Marcos de Salamanca (circular) o la Vera Cruz en Segovia (dodecagonal), pero sustancialmente diferentes al edificio que nos ocupa, debido a las imperfecciones del de Eunate. La construcción más semejante, cercana además a Santa María de Eunate, es la iglesia del Santo Sepulcro en Torres del Río, también en Navarra. Ambos edificios comparten formas muy similares, aunque en la última falta la galería de arcos de Eunate, a modo de claustro octogonal. La actual situación aislada de este monumento, gracias a que no se ha producido una urbanización en su entorno, invita a la imaginación de los visitantes y ha sido escenario para varios proyectos relacionados con los Templarios.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iglesia_de_Santa_María_de_Eunate
The Church of Saint Mary of Eunate is a 12th-century Romanesque church located about 2 km south-east of Muruzábal, Navarre, Spain, on the Way of Saint James. Its origins are disputed due to lack of documentation. Its octagonal plan and the fact that it is not located in a present-day village or town but in the countryside contribute to its enigmatic nature. It is a famous site on the French Way path of the Camino de Santiago.
The church is built of dressed stone and its plan is a slightly irregular octagon with a little three-side apse. It presents the typical architectural features of the European Romanesque art (dressed-stone masonry, robust walls, semicircular arches, little windows made of alabaster, etc.) as well as some other local Romanesque characteristics like the chessboard-shape decoration in Navarre and Aragon.
Its eight walls sustain an eight-rib vault, inspired in Cordova's caliphate art. This structure is very similar to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre of Torres del Río, Navarre, 55 km far from Eunate and also on the Way of Saint James. The whole building is surrounded by arches that seem to have been partially reconstructed more recent than the original construction of the church. They may have been built centuries later using rests of a hypothetical now disappeared cloister.
The church is a hermitage dedicated to the Virgin Mary and people from all of the Valdizarbe valley celebrate a traditional romería there. This function is the only unquestioned known use of the building as it is the only one that is documented. The early documented reference to Eunate dates from 1487 and refers to a sodality devoted to the Virgin of Eunate. Nevertheless, the characteristics of the building, its location on the Way of Saint James and the comparison with other coetaneous religious buildings demands further explanation about the origin of the church.
Since the late 19th century, there have been several theories about the original function and authorship of Eunate. Due to its octagonal plan, the first theories stated that Eunate was a Templar church, related to other central plan churches like the above mentioned Holy Sepulchre of Torres del Río, and other undoubtedly Templar buildings like the Templar convent of Tomar, the Temple Church of London or the Holy Sepulchre of Pisa; all of them inspired by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. This alleged Templar origin and the aura of mystery that surrounds the church have contributed to esoteric interpretations. While the presence of Knights Templar in this zone of Navarre is not documented, the importance of another military order, the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem or Knights Hospitaller, that could have operated a hospital ('hostel') for pilgrims to Santiago, is well known. Archaeological excavations have found many burials and the typical St. James' shells.
Temple Church was built by the Knights Templar as their English headquarters. It was consecrated on 10 February 1185 by Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem
The Temple Church is a Royal peculiar church in the City of London located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, built by the Knights Templar as their English headquarters. It was consecrated on 10 February 1185 by Patriarch Heraclius of Jerusalem
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"If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams. But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has counseled rebellion against the Lord your God. So you shall purge the evil from among you..."
Old Testament, Deuteronomy, chapter 13.
The last one from the trinity, among with Zealot and Fanatic. I'm not fully satisfied with the final result, though I think I'm unable to improve him somehow.
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The Templars were a military monastic order who aided pilgrims who came from Europe to visit the holy sites. They did their work in the name of the pope.
It was the western edge of the tunnel where the main fortress of the Templar order was built.
The tunnel was a strategic underground passageway, 350 meters (1,148ft) long and it extends from the Templars fortress to the city's port.
The tunnel was discovered in 1994. The tunnel's western section was opened to the public in August 1999. Work to clear other parts of the tunnel continued and in 2007, the entire length of the tunnel was made available to the public.