Short trip to the Escorial Palace, Madrid, Spain
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by The Escorial Palace is located in the Madrid region 50 km from it. It is a huge building-sized, with a imposing past made to commemorate the victory of the Battle of San Quintin
Its construction started in 1563 under the command of King Philip the Second and completed in 1584. The building is huge, has dimensions of 208/162 meters, includes 15 galleries, 13 chapels, 16 yards, 9 towers, 86 interior staircases, has 2673 windows and 1200 doors.
Inside the palace we can visit: The Palace of Felipe II, Borbón Palace, Basilica, the convention, the museum, the royal library (the second largest in Europe), the college, the seminary, the workers hospital and of course the Panteon where are buried the kings of spain including Philip the Second and Carol the fifth.
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