Temple Church
A round Norman church built by the Knights Templar, housing nine medieval knight effigies.
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This guide to Temple Church in London opens inside the circular nave the Knights Templar consecrated in 1185, modeled on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, where nine knights lie carved in effigy on the floor. It follows William Marshal, the greatest of them, who served five English kings and helped seal Magna Carta's principles nearby, then turns to the order's sudden fall after 1307, when King Philip IV of France moved against the Templars and England's king was forced to choose a side.
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