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El Escorial, or the Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial (Spanish: Monasterio y Sitio de El Escorial en Madrid), or Monasterio de El Escorial (Spanish pronunciation: [el eskoˈɾjal]), is a historical residence of the king of Spain located in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, 2.06 kilometres (1.28 mi) up the valley (4.1 km [2.5 mi] road distance) from the town of El Escorial and ...
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, also known as El Escorial de Arriba, is a town and municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain, located to the northwest of the region in the southeastern side of the Sierra de Guadarrama, at the foot of Mount Abantos and Las Machotas , 47 kilometres (29 mi) from Madrid. It is head of the eponymous judicial party.
El Escorial is a municipality in the Autonomous Community of Madrid, located 45 km (28 mi) northwest of the Spanish capital Madrid. It belongs to the comarca of Cuenca del Guadarrama. Its population in 2009 was 14,979.
The Casita del Príncipe (Spanish for 'Cottage of the Prince') is an eighteenth-century building located in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain.It was designed by the neoclassical architect Juan de Villanueva for the private use of the heir to the Spanish throne Charles, Prince of Asturias, and his wife Maria Luisa.
The Monastery of El Escorial, where the library is located. The main reasons for Philip II's idea of establishing a grand library in Spain were the following: . the humanist character of the king himself, a person with a strong intellectual formation, as well as a great bibliophile, who saw the impulse to build a library as natural.
The Casita del Infante (Spanish for 'Cottage of the Infante') is a historic building in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain. It was constructed as a private home for the Infante Gabriel of Spain, hence its name. The small residence was built in the late 18th century during the reign of his father, Charles III of Spain.
In the central nucleus of the Route (San Lorenzo de El Escorial-El Escorial), we find the Paraje Pintoresco del Pinar de Abantos y Zona de La Herrería. On the southwestern slope of Mount Abantos (1,753 m; 5,751 ft) stands the Royal Monastery and in its northern part is the Valley of the Fallen .
Royal Palace of El Pardo (Madrid) Palace of Zarzuela (Madrid) (de facto residence of the King and Royal Family, part of the larger El Pardo complex) Cottage of the Prince; Royal Palace of Aranjuez (Madrid) Royal House of the Farmer; Palace of San Lorenzo de El Escorial Royal Palace of La Granja de San Ildefonso