The World's Most Mysterious CastlesDundurn, 16.10.2005 г. - 304 страници Castles are among the most mysterious buildings on earth. Their grimly silent stones are signposts to a past filled with high adventure, grim tragedies, and glorious victories. Ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal phenomena are frequently reported from castles. Do strange paranormal powers lurk among their ancient ruins? The World's Most Mysterious Castles takes you on a journey through hidden chambers and subterranean tunnels of castles all over the world. Their walls served the sinister needs of spies, traitors, and assassins. Do the spirits of attackers and defenders who died in long-forgotten sieges still linger where they fell? Screams of unbearable pain and despair were muffled within their deepest, darkest torture dungeons. Do they echo there still? |
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... Templar. Each castle that we have visited, researched, and photographed has had its share of history and mystery, heroism and horror to impart. But what has intrigued us most is the way in which the typical castle seems to be a ...
... Templar site at Temple Dinsley, not far from Hitchin in Hertfordshire. Prior to the partial destruction of the Templars by Philip IV of France and the unwelcome attention paid to the English Templars by Edward II, who reigned from 1307 ...
... Templars? There are even more mysterious tunnels and secret chambers almost certainly known to the widely travelled Templars of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries during their time in the Middle East and the surrounding areas ...
... Templar hands after resting for millennia in a secret labyrinth below the Sphinx, what would have been more natural than for its new Templar custodians to find a similarly secure repository for it under one of their castles or ...
... Templar historians focus on the various Templar connections with Rennes and ask if Saunière found treasure that the local Templars had hidden from the rapacious Philip IV when he attacked their noble Order in 1307. Enthusiasts for the ...