Temple Church - The Round
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Temple Church - The Round
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 18 Feb 2015
Templar churches are famous for their round shape, chosen to echo the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Temple church in London - one of the very few remaining Templar churches in Britain has an excellent round nave seen here, but also has a large rectangular chancel or choir (see other photos), but that was added somewhat later at the behest of Henry III (see shared description below).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.513237
Longitude
-0.110536