Outdoor Pitstop
The story
Audio tour · Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial
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You're standing at El Escorial, a vast complex of grey granite at the foot of the mountains, about forty-five kilometres from Madrid. It's a palace, a monastery, a church, a library and a royal burial place all in one. Look at those plain, stern walls. It looks more like a fortress than a palace, and that was the idea. King Philip the Second asked his architects for simplicity, severity and majesty without showing off.
Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).
