Investiture in April 2010

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:59:08 +0200

Next Investiture is scheduled at April 23, 2010. It will commence in Holmenkollen Kapell, followed with dinner (see map below).

Schedule for the year 2010:

March 18: Meeting: History of the Knights Templars.
April 23: Investiture (see above)
May 6-8: Military Tattoo at Oslo Spectrum. Tables have been reserved for Saturday.
June 3: Meeting at NRK: Peter Amundsen talks about his conspirationtheory of Shakespeare
September 9: Meeting. Professor William Brochs-Haukedal talks about Orders, aesthetics and intrinsic motivation.
November 11: Christmas meeting

Travels in tuscany

Sun, 5 Apr 2009 20:48:04 +0200

On a trip to Siena last year we found a small church formerly owned by the Order of the Temple. Siena was an important city during the Middle Ages, since it was situated close to the trade routes between the West and the East.
The church was given over to the Hospitallers when the Templars were suppressed, and it still carries their insignia. We were to leave the same day, so it was impossible to get more information about its use today. We did, however, find some Templar symbolism in the walls’ masonry. We had to make do with a normal lens and no extra light. Therefore the photos are not as good as they could have been. Anyway, for those of you going to Siena, there is something here to occupy you for an hour or two.
(By the way: the church above is not the Templars’. But it is situated in Siena, and it is beautiful!)

InvestiturE in November 2008

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 22:42:31 +0200

Next investitur in Norway is scheduled for November this year.