Landscape Of The Surroundings Of Segovia. The Church Of La Vera Cruz - The Ancient Templar Church. Stock Photo

The Templar Iglesia Vera Cruz Church of the True Cross is the most interesting of several splendid Romanesque churches in Segovia. It was founded by the Knights Templar in the 13th century, and is a singular church in the Romanesque style with a floor plan in the shape of a 12-sided polygon. It has three semicircular chapels and two doorways with archivolts on columns. The church takes its inspiration from the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, the origin of the Templar Order. Spain, Europe