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Notitiæ Templariæ.
who descnbes it to the following effect : It was built on the promontory three sides of which were washed by the sea . In digging the foundations , the workmen came to some deep and extensive walls of ancient masonry , where they found a quantity of unknown coins , ( probably of Roman or Jewish origin ) which the fortunate finders , as well as the pious Cardinal , considered as a special God-send to repay their labours , lnventa est pecunia" he in moneta modernis i collata
, says , " gnota , benencio Dei patris filiis mUitibus suis ad alleviandos sumptus et la bores . They reached also some springs of fresh pellucid water , a very important discovery . The first stone having been laid as became the Brotherhood of the Temple , and the Free Fraternity associated with them in the work , two immense towers ivere constructed on the landward side , each one hundred feet high , and seventy-four broad . These were composed of huge blocks of ston than sufficient to resist
e , more the impression of the machines for battering used in those days Between these great towers ran a thick and lofty wall , in breadth at the top large enough for a knight in armour to parade at ease . It was furnished with a parapet and battlements , the ascent to which was by flights of steps . Io the north , south , and west , this fortress was rendered almost inaccessible by the rocks and sea .
Within the space enclosed by the walls were the chapel of the convent , the palace or residence of the Grand Master , and various other * £ T , , u -P ° > salt-works , gardens , and vineyards . Here the Masters of the Temple resided from its erection to the expulsion of the Christians from the Holy Land . The strength of its masonry appeared to promise eternal duration . Little more than a century ago , Iococke found a great part of the walls
standing . The walls he describes as most magnificent , and « so finely built , that it may be reckoned as one of the things that are best worth seeing in these parts . " It is encompassed , he says , " with two walls , fifteen feet thick : the inner wall on the east side cannot be less than forty feet high , and witnm it there appear to have been some very grand apartment ! The offices of the fortress seem to have been at the west end , where I saw an oven eighteen feet in diameter . In the castle there are the remains of a ten 1 des ht taste cha
2 ? hK T Jh S i- , iltina ^ gothic ; three Pels are built to the three eastern sides , each of which consists of five sides rhivTal" ? * f Pf ™?* . the ^ ch ; in these , it is probable , the three £ « 5 u , f ; Jhls , traveller noticed n ° traces of the spot having been inhabited : Captains Irby and Mangles , however , found here , in 1817 , a modern village situated on the promontory , and apparently cond * S It is" t £ of sSallextent
fnea , f ^ . « ™ n . '' . , say ey , " , andUukl appear , from its elevated situation , and the old walls ivhieh surround it , to have been a citadel , as there are the ruins of two other walls without it . Referring to the rums of the church or chapel , they state that its form was originall y a double hexagon ; the half still standing has six sure J tTr ri s hav , e a doubie iine ° *¦*«&» & £ * £ S ' us interS S " * ^^ h mUSt StUI be an ° J ect of ( To be continued . J
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Notitiæ Templariæ.
who descnbes it to the following effect : It was built on the promontory three sides of which were washed by the sea . In digging the foundations , the workmen came to some deep and extensive walls of ancient masonry , where they found a quantity of unknown coins , ( probably of Roman or Jewish origin ) which the fortunate finders , as well as the pious Cardinal , considered as a special God-send to repay their labours , lnventa est pecunia" he in moneta modernis i collata
, says , " gnota , benencio Dei patris filiis mUitibus suis ad alleviandos sumptus et la bores . They reached also some springs of fresh pellucid water , a very important discovery . The first stone having been laid as became the Brotherhood of the Temple , and the Free Fraternity associated with them in the work , two immense towers ivere constructed on the landward side , each one hundred feet high , and seventy-four broad . These were composed of huge blocks of ston than sufficient to resist
e , more the impression of the machines for battering used in those days Between these great towers ran a thick and lofty wall , in breadth at the top large enough for a knight in armour to parade at ease . It was furnished with a parapet and battlements , the ascent to which was by flights of steps . Io the north , south , and west , this fortress was rendered almost inaccessible by the rocks and sea .
Within the space enclosed by the walls were the chapel of the convent , the palace or residence of the Grand Master , and various other * £ T , , u -P ° > salt-works , gardens , and vineyards . Here the Masters of the Temple resided from its erection to the expulsion of the Christians from the Holy Land . The strength of its masonry appeared to promise eternal duration . Little more than a century ago , Iococke found a great part of the walls
standing . The walls he describes as most magnificent , and « so finely built , that it may be reckoned as one of the things that are best worth seeing in these parts . " It is encompassed , he says , " with two walls , fifteen feet thick : the inner wall on the east side cannot be less than forty feet high , and witnm it there appear to have been some very grand apartment ! The offices of the fortress seem to have been at the west end , where I saw an oven eighteen feet in diameter . In the castle there are the remains of a ten 1 des ht taste cha
2 ? hK T Jh S i- , iltina ^ gothic ; three Pels are built to the three eastern sides , each of which consists of five sides rhivTal" ? * f Pf ™?* . the ^ ch ; in these , it is probable , the three £ « 5 u , f ; Jhls , traveller noticed n ° traces of the spot having been inhabited : Captains Irby and Mangles , however , found here , in 1817 , a modern village situated on the promontory , and apparently cond * S It is" t £ of sSallextent
fnea , f ^ . « ™ n . '' . , say ey , " , andUukl appear , from its elevated situation , and the old walls ivhieh surround it , to have been a citadel , as there are the ruins of two other walls without it . Referring to the rums of the church or chapel , they state that its form was originall y a double hexagon ; the half still standing has six sure J tTr ri s hav , e a doubie iine ° *¦*«&» & £ * £ S ' us interS S " * ^^ h mUSt StUI be an ° J ect of ( To be continued . J