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.
Church of San Bernabé.
Casa constitorial
The Casita del Príncipe
Monastery and Site of El Escorial
La Granjilla de La Fresneda de El Escorial
La Fresneda is a park in El Escorial, Community of Madrid, Spain. Built between 1561 and 1569, it was the private Royal Park of Philip II in the surroundings of the Monastery of El Escorial.
One of the ponds of La Granjilla de La Fresneda, in an 1862 drawing by Antonio Rotondo.