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"No photo" shouts the security guard, one present in every room.
No explanation either: perhaps being a catholic monastery they think this will make tourists buy more books. No flash is common to avoid damage but why none at all?
Tourists however are not very obedient, especially when many use their phones to take snaps. So I too managed to snap a few piccies to share the experience.
⦁ The first two are the main entrance staircase to the royal apartments.
⦁ A hall leading to the Royal Apartments
⦁ The Pantheon, which is a series of tombs built into the fabric of the building at ground level containing mausoleums with most of the kings and queens of Spain.
⦁ Last is my foot. What the mark on the floor is called I forget, but I was intrigued by its function which was to record the sun shining through a hole in the wall in order to set sundials correctly.Meer informatie