El Escorial
San Lorenzo de El Escorial is a town about 45 km northwest of Madrid in Spain. Set in the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama, its chief attraction is the Monastery of El Escorial, a World Heritage Site that was the power centre of the Spanish empire under King Felipe II.Notable Places in the Area
El Escorial train station
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El Escorial train station is a railway station.
Casita del Príncipe
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The Casita del Príncipe is an eighteenth-century building located in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain.
Teatro Real Coliseo de Carlos III
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Teatro Real Coliseo de Carlos III is a theatre.
Localities in the Area
El Escorial
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San Lorenzo de El Escorial, also known as El Escorial de Arriba, is a town and municipality in the…
El Escorial
- Type: Palace
- Description: monastery and historical residence of the King of Spain
- Categories: monastery, royal palace, library building, museum building, Monument, tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: El Escorial, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
40.589° or 40° 35' 20" northLongitude
-4.148° or 4° 8' 53" westElevation
1,044 metres (3,425 feet)Open Location Code
8CGQHVQ2+JQGeoNames ID
6269236Wikidata ID
Q28471El Escorial Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Afrikaans: El Escorial
- Arabic: El Escorial
- Arabic: الإسكوريال
- Arabic: الاسكوريال
- Arabic: مكتبة الأسكوريال
- Aragonese: Monesterio d'El Escorial
- Armenian: Էլ Էսկորիալ
- Asturian: Monesteriu d'El Escorial
- Asturian: Real Monesteriu de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Azerbaijani: Eskorial
- Basque: El Escorial monasterioa
- Basque: San Lorenzo de El Escorial monasterioa
- Belarusian: Эскарыял
- Belarusian: Эскарыяль
- Bosnian: El Escorial
- Bosnian: Monasterio de El Escorial
- Bulgarian: Ескориал
- Burmese: အယ်လ်အက်စ်ကိုးရီးယယ်
- Catalan: Biblioteca de l'Escorial
- Catalan: Escorial
- Catalan: L'Escorial
- Catalan: Monestir d'El Escorial
- Catalan: Monestir de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Catalan: Monestir de San Lorenzo de l'Escorial
- Catalan: Monestir de San Lorenzo del Escorial
- Catalan: Monestir de Sant Llorenç de l'Escorial
- Catalan: Monestir de l'Escorial
- Catalan: Monestir de l’Escorial
- Catalan: Palau de l'Escorial
- Catalan: Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Catalan: Sant Llorenç de l'Escorial
- Catalan: l'Escorial
- Cebuano: Escorial (munisipyo sa Espanya)
- Cebuano: Escorial
- Central Kurdish: ئێسکۆریاڵ
- Chinese: 埃斯科里亚尔修道院
- Chinese: 埃斯科里亚尔宫
- Chinese: 聖羅倫佐修道院
- Chinese: 艾尔·艾斯克里亚宫
- Corsican: Monasterio de El Escorial
- Croatian: El Escorial
- Croatian: Escorial
- Croatian: San Lorenzo el Real de El Escorial
- Czech: El Escorial
- Czech: Klášter El Escorial
- Danish: Escorial
- Dutch: Escorial
- Dutch: Escorial klooster
- Egyptian Arabic: اسكوريال
- Egyptian Arabic: الإسكوريال
- Egyptian Arabic: الاسكوريال
- English: Escurial
- English: Eskorialo
- English: Monastery of El Escorial
- English: Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- English: Royal Palace, El Escorial
- English: Royal Seat of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Esperanto: El Escorial
- Esperanto: Monaĥejo San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Esperanto: Monaĥejo de El Escorial
- Esperanto: Monaĥejo de Eskorialo
- Esperanto: Monaĥejo de San Lorenzo del Escorial
- Esperanto: Real Sitio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Estonian: San Lorenzo de El Escoriali kuninglik klooster
- Finnish: El Escorial
- Finnish: Escorialin luostari
- French: Escorial
- French: Escurial
- French: L'Escorial
- French: L'Escurial
- French: Monastère de l'Escorial
- French: Palais de l'Escorial
- French: Palais de l'Escurial
- French: Site royal de Saint-Laurent-de-l'Escurial
- French: monastère royal de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Galician: Mosteiro do Escorial
- Georgian: ესკორიალი
- German: Escorial
- German: Real Sitio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Greek: Ελ Εσκοριάλ
- Greek: Εσκοριάλ
- Hawaiian: Monasterio de El Escorial
- Hebrew: אל אסקוריאל
- Hebrew: האסקוריאל
- Hebrew: המנזר המלכותי של סן לורנצו
- Hindi: एल एस्कोरल
- Hungarian: El Escorial-i kolostor
- Hungarian: Escorial
- Hungarian: San Lorenzo de El Escorial-i királyi kolostor
- Icelandic: Monasterio de El Escorial
- Ido: El Escorial
- Indonesian: El Escorial
- Irish: El Escorial
- Italian: El Escorial
- Italian: Escorial
- Italian: Monasterio de San Lorenzo del Escorial
- Italian: Monastero dell'Escorial
- Italian: Monastero dellEscorial
- Italian: Monastero di San Lorenzo de el Escorial
- Italian: Monastero di San Lorenzo del Escorial
- Japanese: エル・エスコリアル修道院
- Japanese: エル・エスコリアル宮殿
- Japanese: サン・ロレンソ・デ・エル・エスコリアル修道院
- Javanese: El Escorial
- Korean: 에스코리알
- Korean: 에스코리알 수도원
- Korean: 엘에스코리알
- Kurdish: Monasterio de El Escorial
- Latin: Sanctus Laurentius Scorialensis
- Latvian: Eskorjals
- Lingua Franca Nova: Monceria de El Escorial
- Lithuanian: Eskorialis
- Low German: El Escorial
- Low German: Escorial
- Luxembourgish: Escorial
- Luxembourgish: Real Sitio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Luxembourgish: San Lorenzo el Real de El Escorial
- Macedonian: Ескоријал
- Malayalam: എൽ എസ്കോറിയൽ
- Maltese: El Escorial
- Maori: Monasterio de El Escorial
- Mingrelian: ესკორიალი
- Mirandese: Monasterio de El Escorial
- Norwegian: El Escorial
- Norwegian Bokmål: El Escorial
- Norwegian Nynorsk: El Escorial
- Panjabi: ਏਲ ਏਸਕੋਰਲ
- Persian: ال اسکوریال
- Polish: Escorial
- Polish: Eskurial
- Portuguese: El Real Sítio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Portuguese: Mosteiro de El Escorial
- Portuguese: Mosteiro de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Portuguese: Mosteiro de São Lourenço do Escorial
- Portuguese: Mosteiro do Escorial
- Portuguese: Mosteiro e Sítio de El Escorial
- Portuguese: Mosteiro e Sítio do Escorial
- Portuguese: Palácio do Escorial
- Romanian: El Escorial
- Romanian: Escorial
- Romanian: Manastirea El Escorial
- Romanian: Mănăstirea El Escorial
- Russian: Монастырь Сан Лоренсо дель Эскориал
- Russian: Эскориал
- Russian: Эскориаль
- Russian: Эскуриал
- Scots: El Escorial
- Scottish Gaelic: Mosteiro do Escorial
- Serbian: El Eskorijal (palata)
- Serbian: El Eskorijal
- Serbo-Croatian: El Escorial
- Serbo-Croatian: El Eskorijal
- Serbo-Croatian: Escorial
- Serbo-Croatian: Eskorijal
- Serbo-Croatian: Kraljevski manastir San Lorenco de Eskorijal
- Serbo-Croatian: Kraljevski samostan San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Slovak: El Escorial
- Slovenian: El Escorial
- Spanish: El Escorial
- Spanish: Escorial
- Spanish: Monasterio de El Escorial
- Spanish: Monasterio de San Lorenzo
- Spanish: Monasterio de San Lorenzo El Real
- Spanish: Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Spanish: Monasterio de San Lorenzo del Escorial
- Spanish: Monasterio del Escorial
- Spanish: Palacio de El Escorial
- Spanish: Real Monasterio de El Escorial
- Spanish: Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Spanish: San Lorenzo del Escorial
- Spanish: San Lorenzo el Real de El Escorial
- Swedish: El Escorial
- Swedish: Escorial
- Tagalog: Monasterio de El Escorial
- Tamil: எல் எசுக்கோரியல்
- Thai: เอลเอสโกเรียล
- Turkish: El Escorial
- Ukrainian: Ескоріальський монастир
- Urdu: ایل ایسکو
- Urdu: ٰایل ایسکو
- Uzbek: Eskorial
- Vietnamese: Tu viện hoàng gia San Lorenzo de El Escorial
- Waray (Philippines): El Escorial
- Welsh: El Escorial
- Wu Chinese: 艾入扩烈修宫
- Yue Chinese: 埃斯科里亞爾修道院
- Yue Chinese: 聖羅倫佐修道院
- एल एस्कोरियाल
Other Places Named El Escorial
In the Area
- Urbanización Los EscorialesNeighbourhood
- Urbanización Dehesa OmañaNeighbourhood
- Urbanización PinalcaNeighbourhood
- La HerreríaLocality
- Prado DoctorLocality
- Urbanización Parque RealNeighbourhood
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