San Lorenzo de El Escorial
San Lorenzo de El Escorial is a municipality, protected in the category of Historic Site, 47 km. from the center of the capital and at the foot of the Sierra de Guadarrama. In it is the Monastery of El Escorial, built at the end of the s. XVI, reason for which the town was founded, conserving a large part of its architecture in the Herrerian style that characterizes the monastery. Nature, history and architecture define this visited town in Madrid.



