Tomar, a Templar City

Former seat of the Order of the Knights Templar, Tomar is a city of great charm for its artistic and cultural wealth, whose greatest expression is in the Convent of Christ, one of the chief works of the Portuguese Renaissance. Tomar is one of Portugal’s historical jewels and more significantly was the last Templar town to be commissioned for construction. Tomar was especially important in the 15th century when it was the centre of Portuguese  overseas expansion under Henry the Navigator, the Grand Master of the Order of christ, successor organisation to the Templars in Portugal. Castle and convent of the Order of Christ-Unesco World Heritage Site