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The '''Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial''' was built at the end of the 16th century on a plan in the form of a grill, the instrument of the [[martyr]]dom of St Lawrence, the Escurial [[Monastery]] stands in an exceptionally beautiful site in [[Castile]]. Its austere [[architecture]], a break with previous styles, had a considerable influence on Spanish architecture for more than half a century. It was the retreat of a mystic king and became, in the last years of [[Philip II]]'s reign, the centre of the greatest political power of the time.<ref>http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/318</ref>

The '''Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial''' was built at the end of the 16th century on a plan in the form of a grill, the instrument of the [[martyr]]dom of St Lawrence, the Escurial [[Monastery]] stands in an exceptionally beautiful site in [[Castile]]. Its austere [[architecture]], a break with previous styles, had a considerable influence on Spanish architecture for more than half a century. It was the retreat of a mystic king and became, in the last years of [[Philip II of Spain]]'s reign, the centre of the greatest political power of the time.<ref>http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/318</ref>

== See also ==

== See also ==