{"id":17500,"date":"2020-11-24T15:30:16","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T14:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.templars-route.eu\/?page_id=17500"},"modified":"2023-02-28T10:05:40","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T09:05:40","slug":"a-european-project-for-templars-heritage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.templars-route.eu\/en\/a-european-project-for-templars-heritage\/","title":{"rendered":"A European project for Templars heritage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In 2012, the Department of Aube devoted its cultural year to the Templars, whose central event was the exhibition \u201cTemplars, an history, our treasure\u00e9\u201d organized by the Departmental Council. It was during the international colloquium of this event that the Aubois and the Portuguese discussed for the first time the possibility of creating a European Cultural Route of the Templars.<\/p>\n

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While the department of Aube represents \u201cthe Alpha\u201d of the route, the cradle of the Templars, the city of Tomar constitutes \u201cthe Omega\u201d, the longest surviving site of the Order<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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The history of the Temple Order is closely linked to the department. Hugues de Payns, a native of a village near Troyes, is the founder and first master of the Temple, an order recognized during the Council of Troyes in 1129. The rule of the Order was drawn up and adopted under the aegis of Bernard de Clairvaux. Champagne provided major figures of the Order of the Temple and the Crusades.<\/p>\n

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The city of Tomar, located in the heart of Portugal, was founded in 1160 as the headquarters of the Templars. It was the last provincial Templar seat in Europe. Listed by UNESCO as World Heritage, it preserves a Templar heritage in perfect condition, including the castle, the Convent of Christ and the tombs of the first Templars.<\/p>\n

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In 2014, to commemorate the 700 years of death at the stake of Jacques de Molay, last grand master of the Order of the Temple, the Dawn and Tomar decided to unite around the theme of the Templars and to create a European Cultural Route (ICE) entitled: \u201cEuropean Templar Route\u201d.<\/p>\n

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To make this project a reality, the two territories created the Templars Route European Federation association in 2016<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tab][vc_tab title=”Members” tab_id=”87947675-0c45-10″][vc_column_text]To date, the members are:<\/p>\n

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The founding members<\/strong><\/p>\n

Departmental Council of Aube, France (2016)
\nCity of Tomar, Portugal (2016)
\nCity of Ponferrada, Spain (2017)
\nCity of Perugia, Italy (2017)<\/p>\n

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Active members<\/strong><\/p>\n

Temple Church, London, United Kingdom (2018)
\nAssociation of \u00ab\u00a0Friends of the History of Vianden\u00a0\u00bb, Luxembourg (2019)
\nCity of Mesnil-Saint-Loup (Aube), France (2019)
\nAssociation of \u00ab\u00a0Friends of the Commandery of Epailly (C\u00f4te-d\u2019Or), France (2019)
\nTourist Office of the Pays Ch\u00e2tillonnais (C\u00f4te-d\u2019Or), France (2019)
\nAssociation \u00ab\u00a0M\u00e9moires d\u2019Orient\u00a0\u00bb (Grand-Est Region), France (2019)
\nCommandery of the Temple of Rugney (Vosges), France (2019)
\nAssociation of \u00ab\u00a0Friends of the Commandery of the Temple of Jal\u00e8s (Ard\u00e8che), France (2019)
\nAssociation \u00ab\u00a0Hugues de Payns\u00a0\u00bb (Aube), France (2019)
\nAssociation \u00ab\u00a0Le Souffleur de Plume\u00a0\u00bb (Vendeuvre-sur-Barse, Aube), France (2019)
\nAssociation \u00ab\u00a0Templ\u2019Anima\u00a0\u00bb, Portugal (2019)
\nCity of Sainte-Eulalie of Cernon (Aveyron), France (2020)
\nDepartmental Tourism Agency (Aube), France (2020)
\nCity of Laon (Aisne), France (2021)
\n\u00ab\u00a0Les Blancs-Manteaux\u00a0\u00bb Company, France (2021)
\nThe Beauc\u00e9ant Project, Belgium (2021)
\nCity of Troyes (Aube), France (2022)
\nCity of Coulommiers (Seine-et-Marne), France (2022)
\nCity of Saint-Julien-les-Villas (Aube), France (2022)
\nAssociation \u00ab\u00a0The Commandery of Arville\u00a0\u00bb (Loir-et-Cher), France (2022)
\nFestival Internazionale dei Templari, Alessandria, Italy (2022)
\nVia del Sale, from Perugia to Ancona, Italy (2022)<\/p>\n

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Associate members<\/strong><\/p>\n

Champagne R\u00e9mi Massin & Fils (Aube), France (2019)
\nL\u2019Empreinte des F\u00e9es \u2013 Champagne Dumont (Aube), France (2019)
\nCommandery of San Filippo of Plano, Italy (2019)
\nCity of Temple-sur-Lot (Lot-et-Garonne), France (2020)
\nDepartmental Council of Touraine \u2013 Royal Fortress of Chinon, France (2021)
\nCommandery of Courval (Calvados), France (2022)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tab][vc_tab title=”Presidency” tab_id=”1605279507282-2-0″][vc_column_text]At the General Assembly in June 2020, Mrs. Anabela Freitas, Mayor of Tomar<\/strong>, was elected President for a 3-year term. (Portugal). She is assisted by the vice-presidency of Andrea ROMIZI, Mayor of Perugia (Italy) and Val\u00e9ry DENIS, Vice-Chairman of the Aube Departmental Council and Co-Chairman of the Territorial Cohesion and Attractiveness \/ Tourism – Culture Commission (France).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tab][vc_tab title=”Statutes” tab_id=”1605279517834-3-10″][vc_column_text]On 17 October 2018, the members meeting in an extraordinary general assembly in Perugia, Italy, adopted statutes available in French.<\/p>\n

Download the statutes<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tab][vc_tab title=”Objectives” tab_id=”1606228282639-6-1″][vc_column_text]As presented in the statutes of Templars Route European Federation, the “association aims to bring together the territories and institutions of the member states of the Council of Europe, representing these territories (states, departments, intercommunalities, municipalities, associations, \u2026) which were impacted by the presence of the Templars”<\/strong> around the following orientations:<\/p>\n

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