Escorial

“One of the most remarkable buildings in Europe, comprising at once a convent, a church, a palace, and a mausoleum. It is situated on the south-eastern versant of the Sierra de Guadarrama, on the borders of New Castile, about 27 miles N.W. of Madrid and Avila.” &mdash Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Keywords

architecture, building, church, palace, convent, europe, Escorial, mausoleum

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Spanish Buildings and Monuments

Source

The Encyclopedia Britannica, New Warner Edition (New York, NY: The Werner Company, 1893)

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