Galicia is a spanish city filled with monuments that are beautiful and interesting. Today I will comment on one of the oldest cultural and historic things that the Ourense region has, the San Pedro de Rocas monastery. This dates from the years 573. The monastery is a beautiful church. Near this place there are many nice hotels that you can stay in that are located in Asturias.

The monastery has three chapels that are carved from the rock, they are all connected to each other. There are arches in their entranceways that make them more beautiful and majestic. The altars located in the monastery still have their original settings, preserved for so many years. Inside a special room you are able to see eight tombs that belonged to a primitive religious order. 

Every single person that visits Galicia (hotels in Galicia) always go to the San Pedro de Rocas monastery were they are awed by such beauty especially with all the hard work there is done obvious to the finished product. It is known that in the year 711 the religous order abandoned it due to the Arabian invasions that were taking place. No one knows for sure if it was because they were scared or forced out but it was abandoned. At the end of the IX century the famous and very loved King Alfonso III gave the monastery to the monks from the Benedectine order.

If you go to Spain and to Galicia you will be able to see that the monastery is in very good condition. It has not always been like this because it has already suffered several things such as a fire in the the XI century and a few others at other times. You will be impressed at this place.

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