What is El Escorial?
{{Infobox Historic Site | name = Royal Site of San Lorenzo de El Escorial | image = Vista aerea del Monasterio de El Escorial.jpg | caption = A distant view of the Royal Seat of San Lorenzo de El Escorial | locmapin = Spain Community of Madrid | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|40|35|20|N|4|08|52|W|region:ES-M_type:landmark|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | location = [[San Lorenzo de El Escorial]], [[Spain]] | elevation = | built = | architect = [[Juan Bautista de Toledo]] | architecture = | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = Ministry of the Presidency | designation1 = WHS | designation1_offname = Monastery and Site of the Escorial, Madrid | designation1_date = 1984 <small>(8th [[World Heritage Committee|session]])</small> | designation1_number = [http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/318 318] | designation1_criteria = i, ii, iv | designation1_type = Cultural | designation1_free1name = State Party | designation1_free1value = {{ESP}} | designation1_free2name = Region | designation1_free2value = [[List of World Heritage Sites in Europe|Europe and North America]] | designation2 = Spain | designation2_offname = Monasterio de San Lorenzo | designation2_type = Real property | designation2_criteria = Monument | designation2_date = 3 June 1931 | delisted2_date = | designation2_partof = | designation2_number = (R.I.) - 51 - 0001064 - 00000 | designation2_free1name = | designation2_free1value = | designation2_free2name = | designation2_free2value = | designation2_free3name = | designation2_free3value = }} '''El Escorial''' is a famous royal site in [[Spain]]. It was built in the late 1500s. El Escorial is a [[monastery]], a royal [[palace]], a [[museum]] and a [[school]]. It is located about {{convert|45|km|mi|0|lk=on|abbr=on}} northwest of the Spanish [[capital (city)|capital]], [[Madrid]], in the [[town]] of [[San Lorenzo de El Escorial]]. Five miles from the main [[building]] is a [[hunting]] [[lodge]] called Granjilla de La Fresneda, which is also part of the Escorial. == Architecture == The buil