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Hanging With the Kings

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September 11th 2010
This weekend was another opportunity to take a side trip out to El Escorial. Only about 45 minutes outside Madrid, we again went with Professor Alex as our guide (and this time it was only him because the group was smaller... in case you read my Segovia post). El Escorial is the site of the very historical palace where the kings of Spain ruled for about a century in the 16th and 17th century a ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more