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Monasterio de El Escorial

Avenida Juan De Borbon y Battemberg, 1, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain 28200

Featured Review : El Escorial, for me, was summed up in one small space: Philip II’s bedroom. Here was a man who was arguably the richest and most powerful ruler in the known world. He’d built this massive and magnificent palace around...See Full Review

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Monasterio de El Escorial Reviews

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A huge complex

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Zhebiton from Moscow, Moskva, Russia
  • April 3, 2011
A huge complex
Quote: El Escorial is a small town somewhere in an hour's drive from Madrid, who is famous for its monastery-palace-residence of the Spanish King Philip II. This is the main (almost only) huge attraction Escorial really represents a "three-in-one: a huge... Read the full Monasterio de El Escorial review

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El Escorial - Devout palace of Catholic Spain

  • 3 out of 5 stars by Bear in Britain from Windsor, United Kingdom
  • November 15, 2002
El Escorial - Devout palace of Catholic Spain
Quote: El Escorial, for me, was summed up in one small space: Philip II’s bedroom. Here was a man who was arguably the richest and most powerful ruler in the known world. He’d built this massive and magnificent palace around himself and then, rather... Read the full Monasterio de El Escorial review

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El Escorial - Devout palace of Catholic Spain

  • 4 out of 5 stars by actonsteve from London, United Kingdom
  • October 15, 2000
El Escorial - Devout palace of Catholic Spain
Quote: El Escorial is epic. The seat of the Spanish Empire in the 16-17th centuries this great monolith of a building sits on the edge of a plateau overlooked by the soaring Guadarrama moutains. Half-palace/half monastery/half cathedral, it was built to... Read the full Monasterio de El Escorial review

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