The basilica of San Lorenzo el Real, the central bbuilding/b in the El Escorial complex, was originally designed, like most of the late Gothic cathedrals of western Europe, to take the form of a Latin cross.? As such, it has a long nave on the west-east axis b.../b Those of his wife, as well as his son Juan de Borbón and daughter-in-law bMaria/b de las Mercedes (the parents of the current king, Juan Carlos I), lie at a prepared place called a pudridero, or decaying chamber. b.../b
