El Escorial

by Joan Carroll

Title

El Escorial

Artist

Joan Carroll

Medium

Photograph - Digital Art

Description

Almost any source that you read about San Lorenzo de El Escorial, the imposing royal castle in the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains northwest of Madrid, mentions the windows. About 2600 of them. Not to mention the 1200 doors and 100 miles of passages. The place is huge! It was conceived by Philip II to serve several purposes. First as a grand mausoleum for Spain's royal family, starting with his father, the Holy Roman emperor Charles V. Indeed, one of the most interesting rooms in the castle is the mausoleum, or the Royal Pantheon, where four centuries of Spanish royalty are entombed, all in highly polished marble and gold-plated bronze. The building also served as a monastery, as a 'small' palace, and as a center for studies in aid of the Counter-Reformation cause. The palace was built between 1563 and 1584 in a new Spanish Renaissance architectural style that is extremely sober and unadorned. On 2 November 1984, UNESCO declared The Royal Seat of San Lorenzo of El Escorial a World Heritage Site.

FEATURED PHOTO, UNESCO World Heritage Sites group, 5/6/23

FEATURED PHOTO, Photographs from Spain group, 4/16/23

FEATURED PHOTO, Hodge Podge group, 8/30/22

FEATURED PHOTO, Art District group,8/20/22

FEATURED PHOTO, Reflections Rainbows group, 8/19/22

FEATURED PHOTO, Exploration Photography group, 8/5/17

FEATURED PHOTO, The World We See group, 12/2/16

FEATURED PHOTO, 1000 Views On 1 Imag

FEATURED PHOTO, Spanish Theme Artwork Group, 3/24/16

FEATURED PHOTO, A B F A Platinum group, 3/21/16

FEATURED PHOTO, I Wish I Was There group, 3/20/16

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March 18th, 2016

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