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- The
"Castello della Magione" -
The Grand
Master of the Militia Templi resides at the Magistral See, Castello della
Magione in Poggibonsi (Siena).
At the Magistral See have their seat also the departments (ressorts),
which form the Grand Magistery.

Castello della Magione, View
from sky
The
Castello della Magione dates from the 11th century. On the
5th of September 1140 it was donated by Gottifredo di
Arnolfo and Arnolfino di Cristofano, heirs of the founders,
to the Monks of the Saint Michael Abbey in Poggio Marturi,
who confided it to the Knights of the Temple, becoming, by
this way, one of the numerous "Mansiones" or "Domus Templi"
on the via Francigena.
In
1312 the Order of the Templars was abolished and the
Magione was given to the Hospitallers.
The
castle, lowered and reduced into a farm, was bought by
several people, among whom were the Princes Corsini, until
1979, when it was bought by Count Marcello Alberto
Cristofani della Magione, who donated it to the Militia
Templi, which was just beeing founded, as patrimony and
Magistral See. After the donation the difficult work of
restoration of the entire building was started.
The
castle maintains evident signs of its romanesque origin, in
spite of some changes appeared during the centuries:
entering the inner court, where have sight the big halls of
the old rooms of the pilgrims and those of the
Knights-Monks, everyone gets the feeling of a revival in the
heart of Middle-Age.
In
Castello della Magione are also seated the Scouts Group
“Valdelsa-Alberto d'Albertis”, the “Academy St. John”, the
publishing house “La Magione” and the foundation “Jaques de
Molay” for the charitable works of the Templars.

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Magione's Pictures
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