San Lorenzo de El Escorial
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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 Si
Las vistas desde la silla de Felipe II
![View of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, on the slopes of Mount Abantos, from the Silla de Felipe II [es] (Seat of Philip II). In the foreground, the Monas](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/San_Lorenzo_de_El_Escorial_view.jpg/500px-San_Lorenzo_de_El_Escorial_view.jpg)
View of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, on the slopes of Mount Abantos, from the Silla de Felipe II [es] (Seat of Philip II). In the foreground, the Monastery of El Escorial.
Plaza de la Constitución. In the background, the Monastery.
La Herrería forest located at the foot of Mount Abantos
Community of Madrid
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The Community of Madrid is one of the seventeen autonomous communities and 50 provinces of Spain. It is located at the heart of the Iberian Peninsula and Central Plateau; its capital and largest munic
San Lorenzo de El Escorial
…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…
Prehistoric vessel from Ciempozuelos, exhibited at the National Archaeological Museum of Spain in Madrid
A mosaic of the House of Dionysus in Complutum
Panoramic view of Madrid, a 16th-century work by Anton van den Wyngaerde
Philip II supervises the works on El Escorial (by Luca Giordano).