Anytime visit #1--Rosslyn chapel

As part of an assignment for international studies class we need to make a visit to one place out of a select list of places. For the first visit we attempted two separate times to make our way to Rosslyn Chapel. Through bus mishaps and confusion of where it actually was (thank you google maps) we finally made it. 

Rosslyn chapel was first dedicated as a chapel in 1450 founded by William St. Clair. He built the chapel  with plans to make it huge unfortunately he died during the building process and it was never officially finished. In 1736 they started to make the first official efforts to preserve the chapel. These efforts continue to be taken today and will for along time thanks to a trust that was set up in 1995 to care for the chapel. In 2003 the Da Vinci Code book came first inspiring many around the world to look at this georgous chapel and hear the story behind it. Soon after the movie too mesmerized many at the amazing architecture and the St. Clair history. 

Throughout the chapel there are carvings. The carvings tell many stories about the people that carved them and many people that were involved in the history of the chapel itself. My favorite story that allowed me to better understand what I am being taught in my classes (Yes I have classes!!!) was the apprentice pillar. This was my favorite because it gave a hint of what times were like back then. It was one of two pillars. The pillar contains one of the most famous and fascinating riddles of the building. A apprentice was said to have carved the pillar, inspired by a dream, in his master's absence. On seeing the magnificent achievement on his return, the master mason flew into a jealous rage and struck the apprentice, killing him. The two pillars stand in the church side by side with very different, but both very beautiful styles. In class so far we talked a lot about how in the things at home and in our natural culture have drastic differences to things that we see in the society and history here. I think that this story is a perfect example of that. We also need to look at the time period that this happened in too though and back then those things happened all over the world.