Fincas y cazaderos reales en el entorno del monasterio de San Lorenzo de El Escorial: tradición medieval e influencia flamenca
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Universidad de Alcalá
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ISSN: 1133-6137
Year of publication: 2014
Issue Title: Conversando con... JUAN NAVARRO BALDEWEG 2
Issue: 23
Pages: 46-53
Type: Article
More publications in: EGA: revista de expresión gráfica arquitectónica
Abstract
The Flemish influence on the ambitious building program of King Philip II of Spain focused the interest of some reseachers. But the inheritance from the Emperor Charles V and his predecessors of the Crown of of Castile was much wider, and since the early times of King Alphonse X the Wise these influences were in evidence in the royal country estates and their buildings. Our research analyses these influences in the surrounding properties of the Monastery of San Lorenzo of El Escorial, where King Philip II developed an outstanding set of palaces and estates for both hunting and resting far from the Court. The Spanish monarchs made use of these royal estates until Mendizabal’s disentailment in 1836.