The Teutonic Order was founded during the Crusades, as means of protecting pilgrims, buildings hospitals and mounting campaign against non-Christian neighbours. The order was headquartered at Malbork, or Marienburg, in what is today Poland’s Pomerania region. The order’s Malbork Castle, an impressive 13th-century fortification, is the biggest castle in the world. In past excavations, archaeologists […]
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