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Beautiful monastery both inside and out.

The Monastery of El Escorial was built by King Philip II in the 16th century to commemorate a military victory and serve as a royal pantheon for the Habsburg dynasty. Designed by architects Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera, it is characterized by its sober, Renaissance style. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Monastery of El Escorial was built by King Philip II in the 16th century to commemorate a military victory and serve as a royal pantheon for the Habsburg dynasty. Designed by architects Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera, it is characterized by its sober, Renaissance style. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The Monastery of El Escorial was built by King Philip II in the 16th century to commemorate a military victory and serve as a royal pantheon for the Habsburg dynasty. Designed by architects Juan Bautista de Toledo and Juan de Herrera, it is characterized by its sober, Renaissance style. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The monastery of El Escorial, also known as San Lorenzo del Escorial, is located in Spain, in the autonomous community of Madrid, in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. It was built by Philip II as a residence and pantheon of the kings of Spain; it was built between 1563 and 1584 to be a monastery and church, as well as a royal residence. In 1984 it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. San Lorenzo de El Escorial is considered the eighth wonder of the world.

Imposing building

The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is a complex that includes a royal palace, a basilica, a pantheon, a library, a school and a monastery. It is located in the Spanish town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, in the Community of Madrid, and was built in the 16th century between 1563 and 1584. The palace was the residence of the Spanish royal family, the basilica is the burial place of the kings of Spain and the monastery – founded by monks of the Order of Saint Jerome – is currently occupied by friars of the Order of Saint Augustine. It is one of the most unique Renaissance architectures in Spain and Europe. Located in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, it occupies an area of 33,327 m², on the southern slope of Mount Abantos, at an altitude of 1,028 m, in the Guadarrama mountain range. It is managed by National Heritage. Also known as the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real, or simply El Escorial, it was designed in the second half of the 16th century by King Philip II and his architect Juan Bautista de Toledo, although later Juan de Herrera, Juan de Minjares, Giovanni Battista Castello El Bergamasco and Francisco de Mora. The king conceived a large multifunctional, monastic and palatial complex that, shaped by Juan Bautista de Toledo according to the paradigm of the Universal Trace, gave rise to the Herrerian style. Since the end of the 16th century, it was considered the Eighth Wonder of the World, both for its size and functional complexity as well as for its enormous symbolic value. Its architecture marked the transition from Renaissance plateresque to unadorned classicism. An enormous work, of great monumentality, it is also a receptacle for other arts. Its paintings, sculptures, hymn books, scrolls, liturgical ornaments and other sumptuary, sacred and court objects make El Escorial also a museum. Its complex iconography and iconology has earned the most varied interpretations from historians, admirers and critics. El Escorial is the crystallization of the ideas and will of its promoter, King Philip II, a Renaissance prince. On November 2, 1984, UNESCO declared the Monastery and Site of El Escorial as a World Heritage Site. It is one of the main tourist attractions in the Community of Madrid. The monumental complex receives more than 500,000 visitors a year.

The Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is one of the most important buildings in Spain, not only because of its size, but also because of its historical and architectural value. It was built in the 16th century by order of King Felipe II and was considered the eighth wonder of the world. It is currently a UNESCO World Heritage Site.