Spanish Golden Age
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The Spanish Golden Age was a period of intense artistic, literary, and intellectual flourishing in Spain that broadly coincided with the political rise of the Spanish monarchy under the Catholic Monar
Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Built between 1563 and 1584 by order of King Philip II, it is the largest Renaissance building in the world.
The Defence of Cádiz Against the English oil on canvas by Francisco de Zurbarán
Toledo by El Greco
Las Meninas (1656, English: The Maids of Honour) by Diego Velázquez
Philip II of Spain
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Philip II, sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent, was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and King of Naples and Sicily from 1554 until his death in 1598. He was also jure ux
Spanish Golden Age
…the Catholic Monarchs of Spain and the Spanish Habsburgs. The period is generally associated with the reigns of Isabella I, Ferdinand II, Charles V, Philip II, Philip III, and Philip IV, during which Spain became a leading political and military power. The Golden Age is conventionally considered to have begun…
Portrait by Sofonisba Anguissola, 1565
The Baptism of Philip II in Valladolid, Castile. Historical ceiling preserved in Palacio de Pimentel (Valladolid).
Philip, in the prime of his life, by Anthonis Mor
Philip II wearing the Order of the Garter by Jooris van der Straeten, c. 1554