Camino Photo of the Day: Monasterio Real de San Benito

In 1820, the Spanish government dissolved the monasteries. The monks were turned out into the street. Moveable goods were plundered. Land and buildings were seized and auctioned off, block by block. Ruins of the various parts of the old Royal Monastery of Saint Benedict rise like ghosts... (more at http://www.thomryng.com/camino/camino-photo-of-the-day-monasterio-real-de-san-benito/)



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