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Casita del Príncipe (El Escorial)

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29: 691: 957: 1109: 391:. The two "casitas" form a pair, with the Casita del Infante having the alternative name of the Casita de Arriba (the upper casita) indicating its position relative to the Casita del Príncipe. 913: 258:
is the diminutive of the Spanish word for "house". The building was designed without bedrooms, as its owners slept in the palace which had been built two centuries earlier for
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The garden, which is on several levels, is delineated by box hedges in 18th century style. It also features some exotic conifers, such as
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which was moved to El Escorial in the late 19th century (Real Orden de Regencia. 25.10.1869).
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This section includes the royal palaces of the Christian and Muslim medieval kingdoms
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The building is set in a formal garden. The garden is in turn set in a walled park.
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Guided tours of the ground floor are offered by the Spanish heritage organisation
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for 'Cottage of the Prince') is an eighteenth-century building located in
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Secuoya gigante en el jardín de Casita del Principe en Parque del Monasterio
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The Casita is set in a garden with conifers much taller than the building
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plaques in neoclassical style. Reminiscent of the work of the English
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Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in the Community of Madrid
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company, the plaques were made in Madrid in the 1790s by the
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The interior is decorated in neoclassical style with some
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at Versailles offers a French example of the phenomenon.
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for the private use of the heir to the Spanish throne
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Neoclassical architecture in the Community of Madrid
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Index


Neoclassical
San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Juan de Villanueva
UNESCO World Heritage Site
1984
session
Monastery and Site of the Escurial, Madrid
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Community of Madrid
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Spanish
San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Juan de Villanueva
Charles, Prince of Asturias
Maria Luisa
Philip II
Petit Trianon
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Abies nordmanniana
Pompeian
jasperware
Wedgwood
Real Fábrica del Buen Retiro
World Heritage Site
Bien de Interés Cultural
Patrimonio Nacional
Imperial Route of the Community of Madrid
Casita del Príncipe (El Pardo)
El Pardo

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