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Title: Spain and Portugal: handbook for travellers
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Publisher: Leipsic : K. Baedeker London : Dulau and Co. New York : C. Scribner's Sons
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of its indestructability It seems to stand with sullen determination there where it was placed in the very heart of the sierra— stone of its stone, and strong of its strength, a giant among giants;for, strange to say, its proportions suffer no diminution from the loftyobjects with which it is surrounded (Cosas de EspaSa, by Mrs. Pitt Byrne). The Escorial lies to the W. of, and a little below the village, ona plate-like depression made level by the aid of huge substructuresof masonry. The immense building forms a rectangle measuring680 ft. from W.N.W. to E.S.E. and 530 ft. in width. The fourTowers at the angles are supposed to be the feet of the gridiron.To the N. and W. are the Compana, a series of administrative offices,stables, and the like (Casa de la Compana, i.e. of the servants),and also an Escuela Especial de Ingenieros de Montes, or school offorestry. — The kernel of the rectangle is formed by the Templo orchurch, the dome and towers of which rise high above the neighbour-
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Gw§-aph-AnslaU.vWa<nerfcDelKis, Leipzig ESCORIAL. 9. Route. 113 ing buildings. The church is adjoined on the S. by the cloisters,with the sacristy and chapter-rooms; on the W. by the entrance-court; and on the E. and N. by the royal apartments. In all there aresaid to be 16 courts (patios), 2673 windows (of which 1562 open onthe courts), 1200 doors, 86 staircases, and 89 fountains. The totallength of the corridors is about 100 M. — Since 1885 the Escorialhas been in the hands of the Augustines (Agustinos Calzados), whomanage the Colegio de Alfonso Doce in the N.W. part of the building. The Main Entrance (Portico Principal del Monasterio) is in themiddle of the W. facade, and is noticeable for the huge blocks ofstone of which it is constructed. Above the door are the royal armsand a Statue of St. Lawrence, 13 ft. in height, by J. B. Monegro.In his left hand the saint holds a book, in his right a gilded gridiron;the head and hands are of white marble, the rest of the figure ofgran

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