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Name：Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
Area：Southern Europe
Country：Spain
Registered Year：1984
Type：Cultural Heritage
Criteria：(iii)(iv)(vi)
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Brief Description：
Built at the end of the 16th century on a plan in the form of a grill, the instrument of the martyrdom of St Lawrence, the Escurial Monastery stands in an exceptionally beautiful site in Castile. Its austere architecture, a break with previous styles, had a considerable influence on Spanish architecture for more than half a century. It was the retreat of a mystic king and became, in the last years of Philip II's reign, the centre of the greatest political power of the time.
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