!P.D.F D.o.w.n.l.o.a.d First Templar Nation: How

Overturns the long-established historical narrative about the origins and purpose of the Knights Templar <br /><br />• Explains how and why the Templars created Europe’s first nation-state, Portugal, with one of their own as king <br /><br />• Reveals the Portuguese roots of key founding members, their relationship with the Order of Sion, the Templars’ devotion to Mary Magdalene and John the Baptist, and the meaning and exact location of the Grail <br /><br />• Provides evidence of Templar holy sites and hidden chambers throughout Portugal <br /><br />• Includes over 700 references, many from new and rare sources <br /><br />Conventional history claims that nine men formed a brotherhood called the Knights Templar in Jerusalem in 1118 to provide protection for pilgrims traveling to the Holy Land. Overturning this long-established historical narrative, Freddy Silva shows that the Order of the Temple existed a decade earlier on the opposite side of Europe, that the protection of pilgrims