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| The Convent of Christ is a former Roman Catholic convent in Tomar, originally a 12th-century Templar stronghold, when the order was dissolved in the 14th century the Portuguese branch was turned into the Knights of the Order of Christ, that later supported Portugal`s maritime discoveries of the 15th century |
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