Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is located in the Community of Madrid, in the town of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. It is also known as…
The treasures of the Library in San Lorenzo de El Escorial
We can find “Las Cantigas de Santa María” among the masterpieces which the Library of the Monastery of El Escorial hides, one of the most important musical colections in the…
The origin of the word “Escorial”
Many people know where it is or they have probably visited the Monastery of El Escorial. However, if we asked many of them about it, more than once would say…
Philip II last days
In 1592, Philip II started to get ill, with no return, because he suffered from gout, and he couldn´t even be seated on his bed without suffer because of his…