The Monastery...a student perspective

Today, we went to the monastery in El Escorial. The monastery is filled with beautiful paintings and architecture!!  This 500 year-old building was built after Saint Lawrence who was burned on a grill. All over the monastery, there are pictures of grills that represent St. Lawrence. Under the church, the tombs of the past kings and queens were placed in an all marble room. Phillip the Second was the one who had the idea to create the room for all the tombs. Everything, such as the tomb and the king's room leads to the church. In the middle of the beautiful and complex church was a painting of St. Lawrence being burned on a grill. Our guide told us that if the monastery was to be turned upside down, the building would look like a grill. Overall, we thought that the monastery was absolutely beautiful and intriguing!

Adios!

~Sarah Schnecker and Allie Mitchell