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An hour by bus from Madrid, El Escorial is a small, pleasant town best known for a pair of monuments to two of Spain's most poweful heads of state. King Philip II built his palace/monastery complex of San Lorenzo de El Escorial here in the 16th century, and it remains a special place to the royal family to this day.
Many visitors to El Escorial also visit the more recent, and more controversial, Valley of the Fallen (Valle de los Caidos) outside town. This massive structure contains the tomb of 20th-century dictator Francisco Franco, and is also a memorial to those who fought for him during the Spanish Civil War.
Many visitors to El Escorial also visit the more recent, and more controversial, Valley of the Fallen (Valle de los Caidos) outside town. This massive structure contains the tomb of 20th-century dictator Francisco Franco, and is also a memorial to those who fought for him during the Spanish Civil War.
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Dec 26, 2008 – Jan 10, 2009
Berlin, Germany -› Zielona Gora, Poland -› …
The plan for this day was El Escorial near Madrid with the great Palace/monastery. We went there by cercanias (suburban train) in the morning. Unfortunately it was not the best weather - i mean no sun, but we were lucky anyway coz it didnt rain, so... pretty cool! (and no snow or temperatures …
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Jan 23, 2007 – Oct 03, 2007
Barcelona, Spain -› Madrid, Spain -› …
A fellow grad student who I met in Barcelona emailed me one day with some news. She was doing research in the monastic library at El Escorial and had happened upon a 14th-century manuscript containing copies of royal letters pertinent to my dissertation topic. Since I was heading up to Madrid for t…
Aug 28, 2007 – Nov 26, 2007
Madrid, Spain -› Toledo, Spain -› …
Wikipedia details: The valley that contains the monument, preserved as a national park, is located 10 km northeast of the royal site of El Escorial,
northwest of Madrid. Beneath the valley floor lie the remains of
40,000, whose names are accounted for in the monument's register.
Although the val…
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