El+Escorial

=El Escorial=

El Escorial is the famous place of residence of the king of Spain. It is located in San Lorenzo de El Escorial. El Escorial is also a landmark, monastery, royal palace, museum, and school. El Escorial was, at once, a monastery and a Spanish royal palace. Originally a property of the Hieronymite monks, it is now a monastery of the Order of Saint Augustine.

King phillip II was the head architect of this great project to build El Escorail. On November 2, 1984, UNESCO declared The Royal Site of San Lorenzo of El Escorial a World Heritage Site. It is an extremely popular tourist attraction, often visited by day-trippers from Madrid - more than 500,000 visitors come to El Escorial every year.