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Identifier: 01710943.5406.emory.edu
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
Contributing Library: Emory University, Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library
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llage. Hotels. Fonda de Mibanda (PI. a), Calle Florida Blanca; FondaNueva or Neu> Hotel (PI. b), Calle Peguerinos, >A M. to the N.W. ot theconvent, a little better, pens. 7-8 p. The hotels are in Escorial de Arriba,or the upper village. Omnibus between the station and the upper village in connection withall the trains (fare 50 c.). The Chief Sights of Escorial may be visited in one day, but thetourist must consult the notice posted beside the church, as the hours ofadmission are often changed (guide advisable, so as to lose no time). Library,daily, except Sun. and holidays, 9-12 (winter 10-12) and 2-4; Church, b-4;Pantheon, daily, except Sun. and holidays, 2-4; Sacristy, High Choir, andCloisters, daily, 11.30-3; Chapter House, 1230-3, Sun. and festivals 1-3;Royal Palace, by order (papeleta), daily, 11-3; Casita del Principe, by order,daily, 9-6. — The orders, good for 7 persons, are issued free at the houseHo 3 of the CompanV, in the Calle de la Parada, opposite the N.W. angle
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ESCORIAL. 9. Route. 11 1 of the convent. — Adm. to the library and church is free; in other casesa single visitor pays a fee of 50 c, a party 1-2 p. The village of Escoridl consists of two parts: the old village ofEscoridl de Abajo (3030 ft.), lying to the E. of the rail, station, and theupper village of Escoridl de Arriba (ea. 3370 ft.), situated on a S. spurof the Guadarrama Mts. and containing 5934 inhahitants. The latter,which is a favourite summer-resoTt of the Madrilenos, is about 1 M.to the N.W. of the rail, station, whence it is reached either by ashadeless road or by a somewhat shorter footpath, both skirting theJardin del Principe (p. 118). The name Escorial comes from therefuse (escorias, Lat. scoriae) of its abandoned iron-mines. The upper village owes its existence to the foundation of theSeal Sitio or Real Monasterio de San Lorenzo del Escorial. Asthe story goes, Philip II. vowed, during the battle of St. Quentin,fought on the day of St. Lawrence (Aug. 10th), 1557, tha

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