El Escorial Y El Valle de Los Caidos
September 13th 2005 Craig and I decided to venture out today to El Escorial and El Valle de Los Vaidos, located 50 minutes Northwest fo Madrid. Felipe II built the Monestary of El Escorial as a gift to God and to commemorate the victory of the Spanish over the French at the battle of San Quintin in 1557. The monestary contains several sections. The Palacio Real, where Felipe II lived in the summer and evenetually die
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