Facts and Data
Webpages:
Official Unesco Page
World Heritage Sites in Spain (Tourist Office of Spain)
Basis Data:
Unesco World heritage since: 1984
Size of heritage: 94 ha
Coordinates:
Longitude: -3,874°
Latitude: 40,582°
About
Built at the end of the 16th century on a plan in the form of a grill, the instrument of the martyrdom of St Lawrence, the Escurial Monastery stands in an exceptionally beautiful site in Castile. Its austere architecture, a break with previous styles, had a considerable influence on Spanish architecture for more than half a century. It was the retreat of a mystic king and became, in the last years of Philip II's reign, the centre of the greatest political power of the time.
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Hotels and places to stay
Exe Gran Hotel Almenar
Plaza las Matas
Gran Hotel Attica21 Las Rozas
B&B las Rozas
Pax Torrelodones
Monte Rozas Hotel
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