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El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain,
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El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain,
@ Pli Panda
View of the Escorial (One of a Pair)
Artist: Giuseppe Canella the Elder (Italian, 1788–1847)
Date: Early 19th century
Medium: Oil on metal
Collection: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, United States
El Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial en MADRID
'Gloria de la Monarquía Hispánica' (Luca Giordano, 1692-93), Escalera Principal, Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial.
Biblioteca Monasterio San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, España
Vídeo ©️Maik Monuments/IG
Martyrdom of St Lawrence, Tiziano Vecellio, 1564-67
Libraries Around the World: San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
The Library of El Escorial
Image courtesy of Jose Maria Cuellar's Flickr stream.
This library is located in the Royal Seat of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, the historical residence of the king of Spain. Phillip II was responsible for adding the library and most of the books originally held within. The vaulted ceilings were painted with gorgeous frescoes, each representing one of the seven liberal arts: rhetoric, dialectic, music, grammar, arithmetic, geometry and astronomy. These days, the library is a World Heritage Site, and it holds more than 40,000 volumes.
Incendio del Monasterio de El Escorial en 1671 (Anónimo, s.XVII)