Talk:El Escorial

message: La Granjilla de La Fresneda, is known as both, La Granjilla and La Fresneda.[1]. It is an essential Cultural Treasure of the Royal Site of El Escorial. It was planned by Philip II of Spain as a Real Cottage closed by a fence of dry stone. Juan Bautista de Toledo, Royal Architect, and Gaspar de Vega, Royal Stonework Master, designed it as a Royal Private Park into a Royal Private Estate, The Royal Place of El Escorial, isolated and protected from the rest of the world by a Royal Wall of Dry Stone known nowadays as La Cerca Real (The Royal Fence) and La Cerca de Felipe II(The Fence of Philip II). [3]. Conceptually, La Granjilla (La Fresneda) was the counterpoint of the Monastery: for Fray José de Sigüenza, The Fresneda’s Park was an earthly image of the Paradise. 
The monumental area of the Historical Place of Granjilla’s Park (Fresneda’s Park) was built between 1563 and 1569. San Lorenzo's Monastery was built between 1562 and 1584; previously, in 1561, Felipe II moved The Court from Toledo to Madrid. 
La Granjilla and the Monasterio de San Lorenzo are two homologous Royal Sites, essential and indivisible parts of the Cultural Landscape of the Royal Site of El Escorial, cultural, natural and symbolic legacy of the Spanish Crown to the Spanish People.[4]. 
Annotations
[1]. Also as, La Fresneda del Real Sitio del Escorial and La Granjilla del Real Sitio del Escorial.
[2]. In 2006, “La Cerca Real” was declared Cultural Good by Madrid’s Regional Government. Vide, CAM, Decreto 52/2006 – BOCM 21/96/2009.
[3]. La Granjilla (Real Sitio del Escorial) 
[4]. La Granjilla is a Welfare of Cultural Interest. By its historicity, until the 19th century, it could be considered Cultural Heritage of the Hispanic Monarchy in The Royal Place of The Escorial. Nowadays should be declared, urgently, Spanish Heritage to be administrated by the Spanish National Trust (Organismo Autónomo de Patrimonio Nacional, Ministerio de la Presidencia, Gobierno de España).
Petition to the Spanish Government: national, regional and municipal authorities
We ask the Spanish authorities: 
To declare "The Granjilla de La Fresneda", National Treasure Spanish Heritage. 
To include the Cultural Landscape of the Royal Site of El Escorial in the “Parque Nacional Sierra de Guadarrama”. Philip II protected the Royal Site of El Escorial with a Royal Dry Stone Wall.
To declare the Royal Site of El Escorial, European Heritage and World Heritage Site.
The Royal Site of El Escorial is the Inalienable Cultural Legacy of the Parliamentary Hispanic Monarchy to the Spanish People.
Direcciones de Internet (URL) 
http://apuntesdelasierra.com/descargatelarevista.html
http://camelotescorial.wordpress.com
http://camelot-escorial-unesco.spaces.live.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Architecture
http://lafresnedadefelipeii.blogspot.com
http://lamascarachina.blogspot.com
http://picasaweb.google.es/andres.magana
http://portal.unesco.org/es/ev.php-URL_ID=33840&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
http://sanlorenzo.ciudadanos-cs.org
http://whc.unesco.org
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1026
http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1038
http://www.blogger.com/profile/15849597522849484451
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/spain/madrid/escorial/escorial.html
http://www.cuescorial.es
http://www.descubresanlorenzo.com/tag/escorial
http://www.elescorial.es
http://www.escorialhabitable.com
http://www.galeon.com/patrimoniohistorico/principal.htm
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main
http://www.patrimonio-mundial.com
http://www.patrimonionacional.es
http://www.sanlorenzodeelescorial.org
http://www.sanlorenzoescorial.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Escorial
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Granjilla_de_La_Fresneda_de_El_Escorial
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Granjilla 
http://www.world-heritage-tour.org
http://www.worldwidewarning.net
Créditos
elroto.gmail@elpais.es
http://picasaweb.google.es/andres.magana
http://www.blogger.com/profile/15849597522849484451
author: camelotescorial
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I believe (but I am not sure) that the monestery at Escorial is a Hieronymite - this is supported by the article "Hieronymite" which links to Escorial.
--80.164.17.212 11:58, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Granjilla of The Royal Place of El Escorial - La Granjilla de La Fresneda 

message: I wonder if the little bit about the Spanish Armada and toppling the English throne in the paragraph under "General Iformation" is really relevant to El Escorial?
--NetherlandishYankee 14:22, 27 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Relevance

message: It may be useful to have a floorplan of the building.Wai Hong 11:55, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: floorplan

message: It would be good to include more info about other aspects of the monastery and not just the building - ie how many monks are in residence, who is the abbot, what are their lives like, etc. Sylvain1972 21:21, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: All about the Building, what about the rest?

message: I am too actively involved in research in the subject to add this objectively, but it should be mentionned here, at any rate. This autumn, an objective history of science conference on the roots of chemistry in alchemy was hosted by the monastery, bringing out some of its rather more arcane history as described by René Taylor, who found strong evidence to suggest that Philip was commited to research in the subject of alchemy making it a root for the design as the third temple of Solomon.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.64.11.66 (talk) 22:21, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Esoteric aspects of El Escorial

message: I have just restored the text after originally deleting it. Sorry! It needs wikifying but I suppose it's better than nothing.--Technopat (talk) 16:37, 24 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Patio de los Reyes 

message: The sentence 'It is also known shorthand as El Escorial or the Escorial.' requires slight expansion/putting into context. Jackiespeel (talk) 09:20, 21 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Shorthand 

message: The MAP showed is incorrect. Being45Km from Madrid, the city map NOT SHOW the true location of the monument. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.21.197.149 (talk • contribs) 19:15, 17 September 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Untitled 

message: The lead paragraph gives . It links to the IPA Help page for Spanish, and that page mentions a more detailed article on Spanish phonology. Neither gives any guidance on the value of [ i̯ ]. I imagine it may be important in showing whether the 'i' is syllabic or part of a 'ia' diphthong; that distinction could in turn determine the stress. Could someone who knows please edit [el eskoˈɾi̯al] (or, if necessary, Help:IPA/Spanish) so people with no Spanish can see how to pronounce El Escorial by referring to the Spanish IPA Help page? Thanks, --Frans Fowler (talk) 08:36, 31 October 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pronunciation in IPA  

message: "Philip II of Spain, reacting to the changes of the 16th century, dedicated much of his lengthy reign (1556–1598) and much of his seemingly inexhaustible supply of New World gold to stemming the tide."
What tide is this referring to.  Please specify in the article.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dstokar (talk • contribs) 13:05, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "much of his seemingly inexhaustible supply of New World gold to stemming the tide."