By 1307, the Templars had invented modern banking, and effectively controlled the financial infrastructure of Europe. Many people, including Philip IV of France owed them an awful lot of money. Philip's solution to his personal credit crunch was to order the destruction of the entire order, and thousands of Templars perished (as you'll know if you've seen the film The Da Vinci Code) in a series of horrifying flashbacks. The overnight disappearance of Europe's entire fiscal infrastructure (and the ensuing chaos) have been put forward as an explanation for the extraordinary mystique which has since grown up around the Knights Templar.
Conspiracy theorists maintain that the architecture of present-day Cowley is rich in Templar-and-Masonic symbolism (let's not quibble.) The outlines of many of Cowley's rooftops closely resemble the Masons' pyramid-with-its-top-cut-off, and apparently, the entrances to Templar's Square shopping centre were covered, until a few years ago, by parapets that incorporated not only the truncated pyramid but also the all-seeing eye. You can find this symbol on the reverse of a one-dollar bill, where the unfinished pyramid symbolises the fact that the USA is a nation still in the process of being built. (Maybe when they've finally finished building it, they'll have time to turn their minds to human rights and the Geneva Convention? That would be nice.)
Meanwhile, back in Cowley, it seems that all this Masonic/Templar symbolism has been left by the Illuminati, the ultra-secret society intent on establishing a New World Order. Now, you may well ask, "If the Illuminati are so secretive, why would they leave big eye-catching symbols all over Cowley?" You might also ask, "If the Illuminati are intent on imposing a New World Order, haven't they got more pressing matters to address than decorating shopping centres in East Oxford?" And you may have a point. What is beyond doubt is that Templar's Square is Oxford's largest shopping centre and is probably the best place for all your shopping needs.
La Résidence - THE French Property People
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