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This is a list of richest monarchs and family members, as estimated by forbes.com in 2015, [1] Business Insider in 2018, [2] and the CEOWORLD magazine in 2019. [3] The evaluations are based on their personal net worths, excluding properties held by the State, Government or Crown, and all of the figures are in U.S. dollars.
El Escorial is situated at the foot of Mount Abantos in the Sierra de Guadarrama. [8] [9] [6] [3] This austere location, hardly an obvious choice for the site of a royal palace, was chosen by King Philip II of Spain, and it was he who ordained the building of a grand edifice here to commemorate the 1557 Spanish victory at the Battle of St. Quentin in Picardy against King Henry II of France.
Philip II died in El Escorial, near Madrid, on 13 September 1598, of cancer. [59] ... King of Castile as Philip II: 16 January 1556 – 13 September 1598
It was constructed in 1563 during the reign of king Philip II of Spain. It was intended as a farm and a hunting lodge for the royal family, who often staid at the nearby royal site of the El Escorial. The design is by the Juan de Herrera. In the 20th century, the Hohenlohe family owned the estate. In 2023, renovations started in order to use it ...
The history of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is inexorably linked to the construction of the monastery and the town named El Escorial. The first historical references of this building date year 1558 where Philip II of Spain appointed a commission to find a proper place for the site, architects, doctors and quarrymen, among other guilds. [2]
The Monastery of El Escorial, where the library is located. The main reasons for Philip II's idea of establishing a grand library in Spain were the following: . the humanist character of the king himself, a person with a strong intellectual formation, as well as a great bibliophile, who saw the impulse to build a library as natural.
La Fresneda (also known as La Granjilla de La Fresneda de El Escorial or La Granjilla) is a park in El Escorial, Community of Madrid, Spain. Built between 1561 and 1569, it was the private Royal Park of Philip II in the surroundings of the Monastery of El Escorial.
In June 1561 Philip II set his court in Madrid, installing it in the Alcázar, which became home to a huge art collection. The monarchy continued to use other palaces. A new palace was begun in 1563 when the corner-stone was laid of El Escorial, a combined monastery and palace in the mountains to the north of the capital.