posted on 2017-07-05, 00:00authored byG. Massiot & cie
The place of burial for the kings of Spain. It is an octagonal Baroque mausoleum made of marble where all of the Spanish monarchs since Charles I have been buried, with the exception of Philip V, Ferdinand of Savoy, and Amadeus of Savoy. The sarcaphagi are bronze and marble.\u000a\u000aA complex which contains a monastery, palace, school, mausoleum and museum; Philip II built the monastery 1563-1584 as a memorial to victory over French in 1557. It became his main residence and was later was the dynastic center of the Spanish Hapsburgs. The monastery was originally a property of the Hieronymite monks, it is now a monastery of the Order of Saint Augustine. The church of the monastery is the Basilica of San Lorenzo el Real.
History
Alt Title
El Real Monasterio de El Escorial
Date Created
1910-01-01
Date Modified
2017-07-05
Spatial Coverage
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain: ca. 45 km northwest of Madrid|+40.58175-4.126417|San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Temporal Coverage
before or circa 1910
Cultural Context
Renaissance
Rights Statement
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