Treasure Hunt all over the World

As in the past, Ye Tian was admiring the ancient medieval castle in front of him while explaining it to the rest of the people around him.

"Tomar Castle, also known as the Knight's Castle by the locals, was built around 1160 AD by one of Tomar's founders, the famous Templar Guardim Pais.

At the beginning of its construction, the castle was designed as a symbol of the Crusaders' conquest, symbolizing the conquest of the Knights Templar, and also as a military fortress for the Knights Templar against the Moors.

After the disbandment of the Knights Templar, its Portuguese branch transformed into the Jesuits, continued to own the castle, became a nunnery, and strongly supported Portugal's great geographical discovery in the fifteenth century.

Its original symbolic meaning has also changed, and then it has become a symbol of Portugal's opening to other civilizations in the world. In modern times, it is already one of the most important historical and cultural buildings in Portugal! "

While explaining, Ye Tian and the others had already climbed up the steps and walked towards the ancient castle gate along the steps.

At this time, they are like a group of tourists visiting Tomar Castle, where they seem to come to explore the treasures of the Templars.

In the square behind them, many employees and security personnel of the fearless exploration company have taken action, taking boxes full of exploration equipment from each car, and preparing to enter Tomar Castle!

In the blink of an eye, Ye Tian and the others had already reached the gate of the castle.

After Ye Tian's explanation, everyone has a certain understanding of the history of the medieval castle in front of them.

After standing still at the gate of the castle, Ye Tian admired it first, then pointed to the gate of the castle, and began to introduce the building itself.

"Different from the other medieval castles we have explored before, those ancient castles built by the Knights Templar and stationed for a long time are mostly Gothic buildings, which are also mixed with some local architectural features.

The main building of Tomar Castle is in the Byzantine style. The reason for this difference is that the castle was built earlier. When the castle was built, the Knights Templar had not been established for a long time.

In Western Europe at that time, the level of architecture was far lower than that of the Byzantine Empire in the East. Only the Templars who had been to the East could learn the art and technology of architecture there. This Templar was Guardim Pais.

As I said before, Guardim Pais stayed in the holy land of Jerusalem for five years and learned a lot of knowledge. He is one of the wisest Templars. During the campaign, he also saw a lot of Byzantine architecture.

After returning to Tomar, Portugal, he used all the knowledge he had learned to preside over the construction of the Byzantine castle in front of us and Tomar at the foot of the mountain, leaving a precious architectural heritage for mankind.

Due to frequent wars, all the buildings in Byzantium have been completely destroyed, leaving only fragments of walls, which makes Tomar Castle particularly precious and has become one of the representatives of Byzantine architecture.”

Introducing the complete body, Ye Tian also introduced the sculptures on both sides of the castle gate, the murals carved on the wall, and other antiques and so on.

Afterwards, the group of them walked through the slightly gloomy doorway and walked into this ancient Byzantine castle.

The moment everyone entered the castle, everyone felt that they had just passed a long history of seven or eight hundred years, from modern society to the Middle Ages!

everything in front of your eyes,

They are very different from the outside world, full of vicissitudes of history.

There is no feasting here, and apart from a few simple lights and monitoring probes, you can hardly see anything related to modern civilization.

What everyone sees are mottled stone walls, ancient buildings as solid as watchtowers, deep corridors, solemn and even slightly gloomy chapels, and so on.

After entering the castle, everyone stopped in unison and began to visit and appreciate everything in front of them.

After a short pause, Ye Tian's voice came again and reached everyone's ears.

"The construction of Tomar Castle lasted for five long centuries. At first, there was only a chapel and ancillary buildings built by Guardim Pais inside the castle, and the rest of the buildings were built later.

In this ancient medieval castle, we can see Byzantine architecture, Gothic architecture, Manueline architecture, and Renaissance architecture, etc., each of which is outstanding.

It is the superposition of this long history and various classic western architectural arts that makes Tomar Castle an irreplaceable national treasure of Portugal. Its antiquity and richness are even more dizzying,..."

While talking, everyone has entered a unique chapel.

This is a magnificent circular church called Sharolla.

From the outside, the chapel looks like a circular building, but its interior is actually a hexagonal shape, which looks almost circular, with a circular dome on top.

In the center of this chapel stands a double-layer octagonal prayer room, each side has a tall arch, and the eight arches are connected to each other, the shape is very special.

Consistent with the style of the main building of Tomar Castle, Sharolla Church is also a Byzantine-style building, and its interior decoration is also in Byzantine art style, which is gorgeous and mysterious, which is fascinating.

Sculptures and paintings, as well as the surrounding walls, dome, and those religious murals inside and outside the prayer room, endow this place with a strong religious atmosphere.

In addition, on the granite floor of the church, on the surrounding walls and inside and outside the prayer room, there are also many mysterious symbols unique to the Knights Templar, as well as the Maltese cross.

Compared with those mysterious symbols discovered in the previous series of exploration operations, there seem to be more mysterious symbols here, and they are more completely preserved, many of which have never been seen before!

After entering the Sarolla Church, Ye Tian quickly glanced at the situation here, admiring the ancient and exquisite building, and then began to explain.

"The church you are in now, called Sharolla, is a Byzantine-style art building built by Guardim Pais himself, and it is also the most important building in Tomar Castle.

When building the Sarolla Church, Guardim Pais referred to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the holy city of Jerusalem, especially the octagonal prayer room in the center of the church. I believe everyone looks familiar."

Before the words fell, Jason next to him suddenly said:

"I see, no wonder I felt a sense of déjà vu when I looked at this gorgeous octagonal prayer room. It turned out that its design was inspired by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the holy city of Jerusalem!"

Ye Tian nodded slightly, and continued to say:

"The reason why Guardim Pais designed this church with reference to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher seems to have a special purpose. According to legend, this church may be used as a hint to remind the Knights Templar what they are fighting for.

Because the Knights Templar worshiped the Holy Grail, they built all the churches and chapels in their territory into a circle, and this chapel is very close to a circle. Perhaps there are some important secrets hidden here.”

While saying these words, Ye Tian had secretly activated the perspective ability, began to see through this ancient church, and explored the secrets hidden here.

As far as he could see, everything on the ground and deep underground of this church was immediately and clearly presented in his eyes, without missing a single thing.

In the blink of an eye, a trace of ecstasy suddenly flashed in the depths of Ye Tian's eyes, and it was fleeting.

Although he was extremely excited inside, the expression on his face was very calm, still filled with a smile, no one could see the slightest flaw!

The Bishop of Kent and several other senior Vatican monks who were standing next to him, the moment Ye Tian mentioned the Holy Grail, everyone's eyes suddenly lit up, shining brightly.

Could it be that the Holy Grail is hidden here? If that's the case, it couldn't be more perfect!

Thinking of this, the Bishop of Kent and the others immediately turned their heads to look at Ye Tian expectantly, trying to see something from his face!

However, Ye Tian has already stepped out, walked towards the octagonal prayer room in the center of the church, and said curiously:

"I have explored so many places before, and this is the first time I have seen such a beautiful Byzantine architecture. Tomar Castle is indeed a national treasure of Portugal. Guardim Pais is definitely a master architect."

With that said, Ye Tian had already entered the octagonal prayer room, and looked up at the dome above.

This action of his just avoided the eyes of the Bishop of Kent and the others. Everything was very natural without showing a trace!

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