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El Escorial

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El Escorial

Palace-monastery northwest of Madrid, built in 1563–67 for Philip II. It is the burial place of Spanish sovereigns and one of the largest religious establishments in the world. It was conceived by Juan Bautista de Toledo (1530–1597) and completed by Juan de Herrera (c. 1530–1597), who is considered responsible for its architectural style. Its plan is a giant rectangle, with a domed church at the center flanked by the palace, monastery, college, library, cloisters, and courts. The massive granite walls, relieved only by a series of unadorned windows and Doric pilasters, with no concession to decorative richness, produced an austerity beyond anything the Italian Renaissance ever envisaged.



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Using local archival evidence of the town of El Escorial, Izquierdo Martin presents preliminary information: from the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, El Escorial suffered from an acute demographic crisis, as its population after the 1591 epidemic did not recover in numbers until the year 1848.
Have lunch or dinner in the El Escorial restaurant or in the Japanese Tanoshi restaurant, at US$25 per person.
The El Escorial Agreement (A/44/959) ratifies the Basic Agreement for the Search for Peace by Political Means, signed in Oslo, Norway, on 30 March by URNG and CNR.
 
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