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First Templar commandery of Catalonia

Granyena de Segarra, Segarra, Lleida

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First Templar commandery of Catalonia

Historical milestone · Granyena de Segarra, Segarra, Lleida

Image of Granyena de Segarra, not of the place itself.

Around 1131 the castle of Granyena was ceded to the Order of the Temple, which turned it into its first permanent establishment in Catalonia. From that frontier position the Templars took part in the expansion towards Lleida.

1131

Photo: Viquipèdia (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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