The Escorial A Historical and Descriptive Account of the Spanish Royal Palace, Monastery and Mausoleum

In 1570 Philip married for the fourth time, his bride being Anne of Austria. A year later the queen gave birth to Fernando, who died at Madrid at the age of seven, and was burie...

In 1568 Navarrete was invited by Philip to the Escorial, where he executed some work upon the high altar. A few years later the artist was commanded to paint other thirty-two pi...

Here, in the odour of piety, surrounded by friars and monks, Philip II. lived the life of renunciation and of calm meditation. This tabernacle in the wilderness is a symbol of t...

Buildings, like poems or pictures, reflect the character of those who conceive and produce them. The Escorial may be likened to a document or a painting revealing the temperamen...

A new and important series of volumes, dealing with Spain in its various aspects, its history, its cities and monuments. Each volume will be complete in itself in an uniform bin...

_In putting forth this modest account of the Escorial, that marvellous monument to the Hapsburg dynasty, I beg to inscribe it to your Excellency, as a tribute of my esteem and a...

OF GRANADA, BEING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE MOSLEM RULE IN SPAIN FROM THE REIGN OF MOHAMMED THE FIRST TO THE FINAL EXPULSION OF THE MOORS, TOGETHER WITH A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE...

Navarrete Our Lady and San Juan. In Church near Prior’s Seat. (El Mudo). Crucifixion. Library of Church. Abraham and Angels. Salas de los Capitulos. San Geronimo. “ Birth of Chr...