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The castle San Lorenzo de El Escorial was built by Filip II in 1563-1584.
Its sparsely ornamented style gave base for a new architectural style in Spain called "desornamentado".
The castle nowadays has very rich collections of art. It also contains a royal panteón where all the Kings and Queens are put to rest.
El Escorial is also a monastery, founded in 1567, by the Augustiner monks. |
|  | The buildings are very big and it is amazing that people in that time could build such a construction in just 20 years. |
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Paul2001 Tue Sep 2, 2003 00:38 UTC
Excellent page on this marvelous place. |
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