Beauty in Simplicity - How Cistercian Architecture Shaped the Medieval World

"Cistercian architecture is considered one of the most beautiful styles of medieval architecture. Cistercian architecture has made an important contribution to European civilization. Because of the pure style of the Cistercian monasteries and churches, they may be counted among the most beautiful relics of the Middle Ages. Cistercian institutions were primarily constructed in Romanesque and Gothic architectural styles during the Middle Ages; although later abbeys were also constructed in Renaissance and Baroque.

The Templars of Nieuwpoort and the Duvetorre

Little remains of the Templar presence in Nieuwpoort, a fishing town on the Belgian coast. A bequest from 1239, a mural uncovered behind a staircase in 1819, and a tower whose destruction is almost always misdated. What actually survives of this story once the errors are stripped away?