El Escorial Monastery, A curious combination of monastery and royal palace, the sprawling renaissance halls and courtyards of El Escorial are spectacular and austere in equal measure.

Within the monastery’s massive volume ... of National Heritage as well as the patronage of the Real Patronato del Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial. The ensemble of buildings is still ...

El Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial, known simply as the Escorial—royal palace, monastery, basilica, seminary, library, art gallery, tomb—stands north of Madrid on a bleak plain ...

Philip II, Hapsburg heir to the entire peninsula, built El Escorial, near Madrid, partly to overshadow the relatively provincial pantheon at Poblet. The venerable monastery fell from being a seat ...

A beautiful historical monastery that is one of the most important architectural landmarks of the Spanish Renaissance is set to undergo a £5million revamp. El Escorial, officially known as San ...

San Lorenzo de El Escorial is renowned for one of Spain's most impressive monuments: the Monastery of El Escorial, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built in the 16th century under the rule of Felipe ...