Escorial
Item
- Title
- Escorial
- Alternative Title
- El Escorial
- Creator
- Juan Bautista de Toledo (Spanish architect, sculptor, and engineer, ca. 1515-1567)
- Juan de Herrera (Spanish architect, ca. 1530-1597)
- City
- San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Madrid, Spain
- Location
- Spain
- Building Creation Date
- 1562-1582
- Century
- 16th century
- Description
- exterior perspective, exterior perspectives
- Classification
- Architectural Documentation
- Building Type
- palaces
- houses
- dwellings
- residential structures
- official residences
- monasteries
- religious communities
- Documentation Type
- illustrations
- Style/Period
- Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style)
- Herreran
- Cultural Context
- Spanish
- Subject
- Basilicas -- Spain -- Madrid -- Escorial -- San Lorenzo El Real
- Royal palaces -- Renaissance -- Spain -- Madrid -- Escorial
- Monasteries -- Spain -- Madrid -- Escorial
- Source
- Uhde, Constantin. Baudenkmaeler in Spanien und Portugal. Berlin: E. Wasmuth, 1892, 71.
- Access Rights
- Public Domain
- creator
- Toledo, Juan Bautista de
- Herrera, Juan de
- Item sets
- Architecture Illustrations
Juan Bautista de Toledo (Spanish architect, sculptor, and engineer, ca. 1515-1567) and Juan de Herrera (Spanish architect, ca. 1530-1597), “Escorial”, Texas Tech Arch Design Images -- Open Access Collections, accessed May 11, 2025, https://exhibits.lib.ttu.edu/s/openarch/item/18906