Knights Templars

The whole area I have been walking through the last 3 days seems to
have been a center of power for the Knights Templars. You can get
general info about them from wikipedia or other sources. They were a
religious order, who were religious and soldiers (knights). They
became very powerful and perhaps a mixture of their own failings and
inevitable intrigue that comes with power, opposition to them grew.
The albergue I am staying in is named after the last Grand Master of
the Templars, Jacque de Molay. He was condemned and here the legends
grow. The main story is that he was executed. But other stories are
that he escaped or something like that. In any case, there are legends
that he will return. Last novel I read that included this is Umberto
Eco's "Foucault's Pendulum". Anyway, he has always fascinated me and
so I could not resist staying at the Albergue named after him -- the
other choice is another Albergue, Los Templarios, 500 meters away.
Probably more modern, but not as historic.