El Escorial

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UNESCO World Heritage Site historical complex monastery royal palace

El Escorial is a vast 16th-century royal monastery and palace complex near Madrid that served as a political, religious, and burial center for the Spanish monarchy.

Aliases (13)

San Lorenzo de El Escorial ×5
Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial ×4
Monastery of El Escorial ×2
Escorial ×1
Escorial Palace ×1
Escorial, Spain ×1
Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid ×1
Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial ×1
Royal Crypt of the Monastery of El Escorial ×1
Royal Crypt of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial ×1
Royal Library of El Escorial ×1
Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial ×1
Royal Vault of the Monastery of El Escorial ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UNESCO World Heritage Site → historical complex → monastery → royal palace →
architect	Juan Bautista de Toledo → Juan de Herrera →
architecturalStyle	Herrerian → Renaissance →
builtInCentury	16th century →
burialPlaceOf	Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor → Philip II of Spain NERFINISHED → Spanish monarchs of the Bourbon dynasty → Spanish monarchs of the Habsburg dynasty →
commissionedBy	Philip II of Spain →
constructionStartDate	1563 →
contains	Basilica of San Lorenzo el Real → Royal Library of El Escorial → Royal Pantheon → art collections → gardens → monastic cloisters → palace of the Habsburgs →
country	Spain →
dedicatedTo	Saint Lawrence →
distanceFromMadrid	about 45 kilometers northwest →
function	basilica → library → museum → royal monastery → royal palace → royal pantheon →
governingBody	Patrimonio Nacional →
heritageDesignation	Bien de Interés Cultural →
inaugurationDate	1584 →
locatedIn	San Lorenzo de El Escorial →
locatedInMountainRange	Sierra de Guadarrama →
locatedInRegion	Community of Madrid →
locatedNear	Madrid →
notableFor	austere classical architecture → extensive art and manuscript collections →
patron	Philip II of Spain →
religiousOrder	Order of Saint Jerome →
significance	political center of the Spanish monarchy in the 16th century → religious center of Counter-Reformation Spain → royal burial site of Spanish kings →
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria	i → ii → iv →
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear	1984 →
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName	Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid →

Referenced by (55)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alfonso XII of Spain → Alfonso XIII of Spain → Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias → Cardinal Infante Ferdinand of Austria → Charles I of Spain → Charles II of Spain → Charles III of Spain → Charles IV of Spain → Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor → Charles VII of Naples → Don Carlos, Prince of Asturias → Elisabeth of France → Elisabeth of Valois → Ferdinand VI of Spain ("Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial") → Ferdinand VII of Spain → Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain → Infante Francisco de Paula of Spain ("Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial") → Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona ("Royal Vault of the Monastery of El Escorial") → Isabella Clara Eugenia ("Royal Crypt of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial") → Isabella II of Spain → Joanna of Austria → John of Austria (the Elder) ("Escorial") → Louis I of Spain ("Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial") → Maria Luisa of Parma → Maria Luisa of Savoy → Mariana of Austria → Mary of Hungary → Philip II of Spain → Philip III of Portugal → Philip III of Spain → Philip IV of Spain → Philippe, Duke of Anjou ("Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial") → Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies ("Royal Crypt of the Monastery of El Escorial") → Regent Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies →	burialPlace
Isabella Clara Eugenia ("Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial") → Maria Anna of Spain ("Escorial Palace") → Maria Anna of Spain ("San Lorenzo de El Escorial") → Maria Theresa of Spain → Maria Theresa of Spain ("San Lorenzo de El Escorial") →	birthPlace
Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias ("Monastery of El Escorial") → Cardinal Infante Ferdinand of Austria ("Escorial, Spain") → Ferdinand VII of Spain → Ferdinand VII of Spain ("San Lorenzo de El Escorial") →	placeOfBirth
Anna of Austria → Charles II of Spain ("Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial") → Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain →	placeOfBurial
Margaret of Austria, Queen of Spain → Philip II of Spain →	deathPlace
El Escorial ("San Lorenzo de El Escorial") → Valle de los Caídos ("San Lorenzo de El Escorial") →	locatedIn
El Escorial ("Royal Library of El Escorial") →	contains
Valle de los Caídos ("Monastery of El Escorial") →	nearbyLandmark
Spanish Renaissance →	notableWork
Joanna of Austria →	placeOfDeath
El Escorial ("Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid") →	UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteName