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AND THE HOLY GRAIL: Architecture CodeX examines the fortress built by the Knights Templar in the Spanish town of Ponferrada in the Castile - Leon region of El Bierzo. The video looks at the impact the Templars had on architecture and western culture in their very short 200-year history. What made them powerful and what destroyed them. And how that affected the construction of this castle. Is there a history with the Holy Grail and what is the connection to El Camino?

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0:00
0:20 skip intro How towns grow
0:32 History of the occupants of Ponferrada and the bridge
1:15 El Camino Pilgrims and Bridges
2:05 Why a castle made sense here
2:32 The Knights Templar and their castles
4:34 The Templars and the Holy Grail (and the Ponferrada Festival)
5:21 Other contributions to Western Civilization by the Templars
6:20 The downfall of the Templars
7:13 The Knights Hospitaller
7:59 Description of the Templar Castle at Ponferrada
9:12 The Templar Tunnels
10:09 The Castle from then to today
10:39 The Bridge of Death