yourstrulymagickghost:cocoandgin2:The Temple is an area of central London in the vicinity of Tem
yourstrulymagickghost: cocoandgin2: The Temple is an area of central London in the vicinity of Temple Church. The Temple was originally the precinct of the Knights Templar whose Temple Church was named in honour of Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem!The Knights had two halls, whose modern successors are the Middle Temple Hall and the Inner Temple Hall. Only the Inner Temple Hall preserves elements of the medieval hall on the site, however (namely, the medieval buttery)Upon the dissolution of the Knights Templar in 1312, the pope granted their possessions to the Knights Hospitaller. But King Edward II ignored the claims of the Knights and kept them for himself Beautiful -- source link
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