The Templars are a Western order of chivalry. They were monks and warriors, and then became financiers, bankers and reliably entered the ranks of the world behind the scenes. Templars and Masons. Are they connected to each other or not? It was the Templars who created the world banking system. Even the crown of the English monarch was kept in their treasuries. There were entire states, for example, Portugal, which were ruled by the Templar kings. Why did Philip the Fair manage to defeat this order? Maybe everything was planned in advance? And the countless treasures of the knights slipped through the king’s fingers like sand. Where did the ships with the treasures, previously transported from Paris to Port La Rochelle, sail? They say that almost to America, and some believe that this country has become Scotland - the homeland of the Freemasons, where the Enlightenment originated.