MedievalLife

Here is another post about little known, crusader period heritage. Yesterday, I made probably the biggest discovery during my stay in Israel. Unfortunately, it is also the saddest one. In the morning, I went to visit the remains of a Templar building in Someleria. The site is located to the north of Acre, it is not marked as a tourist destination – the best way to get there is to cross through a shopping mall and then go through an overgrown backyard behind a parking area. Someleria is mentioned as a Templar property in 1277. It was a fairly important site that guarded the road between Tyre and Acre. We know that the Templar knights had