UNESCO World Heritage · Spain
Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
Cultural site · inscribed 1984
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.
Summary from the UNESCO World Heritage Centre.
Photo: Vista aerea del Monasterio de El Escorial.jpg by Turismo Madrid Consorcio Turístico from Madrid, España, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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