Wednesday, October 7, 2020

A Secret Crypt Beneath a Polish Chapel

 From ArtNet:

Now, archaeologists are investigating one of the chapels the order built in western Poland upon its return from the Holy Land. The small village of Chwarszczany, in the region of West Pomeranian, is home to the chapel of St. Stanislaus, constructed from red bricks by the Templars as both a place of worship and a defensive fortification in 1232.

According to recent investigations, the chapel also serves as the final resting place of several Knights Templar, and appears to conceal a hidden passageway leading to an underground chamber.

 “Our GPR [ground-penetrating radar] has detected gothic crypts with the remnants of Templar knights beneath the chapel,” local archaeologist Przemysław Kołosowski told CNN. “According to legends and medieval documents, there was a well in the vicinity of the chapel. Rumor has it that the well served as an entrance to a secret tunnel. This still requires an exhaustive archeological investigation.” (Read more.)


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