The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial, spain
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Felipe Rodriguez / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
A3RJNHFile size:
59 MB (2.2 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5500 x 3747 px | 46.6 x 31.7 cm | 18.3 x 12.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
2006Location:
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, El Escorial, Madrid, Spain, EuropeMore information:
The Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo del Escorial was begun in 1563 by Juan Bautista de Toledo a Renaissance Spanish architect who had worked earlier in Italy and was completed after his death in 1567 by Juan de Herrera who finished the work in 1584 The massive walls of the interior relieved only by Doric pilasters with no concession to decorative richness produced a monument that was austere beyond anything the Italian Renaissance ever envisaged On the exterior the gigantic scale of the monastery and the severe gray granite walls are forbidding The dome height reachs 92 meters