TEMPLE CHURCH
Da Vinci Code fans should jump on the tube to Temple Street. There they can join a guided Da Vinci Code tour from Golden Tours (available Wednesdays and Fridays at 11:30 a.m. Cost $50, tel.: 7721-683841). Our guide, Maria, began our tour in the rain on Fleet Street. First, we went to the Middle Temple Gardens, Courts, and then the Gothic-Romanesque Temple Church which is where Langdon and Neveu began their search for the Holy Grail in London. The church was built by the Templar Knights in the 12th century, and is famous for a rare circular nave called "the Round." The Red Knights as they were called for the red crosses they carried, held secret initiation rites in the crypt (look for effigies around the nave). The Red Knights protected pilgrims traveling to Jerusalem. They grew rich until the 14th century, when they were charged with heresy, blasphemy and sodomy. The Temple Church, Temple, London; Tel: +44 (0)20 7353 8559.For more click HERE.