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San Lorenzo de El Escorial (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 40 35 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 40.5833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 004 07 00 W degrees minutes |
Long: -4.1167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Noted for elaborate monastery, palace, mausoleum and museum; Philip II built monastery 1563-1584 as memorial to victory over French in 1557; became his main residence; later was the dynastic center of the Spanish Hapsburgs. |
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| San Lorenzo de El Escorial (preferred,C,V)
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| Escorial, San Lorenzo de El (C,V)
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| El Escorial (C,V)
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| Escorial, El (C,V)
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| Escorial (C,V)
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| El Escurial (C,V)
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| San Lorenzo (NA,V)
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| San Lorenzo del Escorial (NA,V)
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Madrid (province) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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developed around famous monastery in 16th cen. |
| village (C) |
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| monastic center (C) |
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| cultural center (C) |
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noted for art collection & library of rare manuscripts & books |
| royal residence (H) |
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