San Lorenzo de El Escorial from the Roman road. H. A. N. W. E: Everyone!

les couleurs d' arrière plan sont magnifiques !!

Many thanks, Dominique!

onderful textures and details

I always zoom out on the maps.. so I can get a bearing on where we are... 'gotcha' North - West of Madrid... nice picture Andy.. and yon' Felipe II' sure enjoyed his space... Keep well - and have a fine weekend too... Cheers.... from Dj.

Thanks, Dave.
This was the nerve-centre of the biggest World empire up to that time!

Wow Andy - this is really a huge building. I had no idea how big it was. I also looked it up on Google Earth, and there are so many houses etc surrounding it - absolutely fascinating.

Yes. It's Gi-normous, Jenny! When it was constructed in the late 1500s, even the Forbidden Palace in Peking hadn't yet reached this scale! So it was the largest building in the world at that time!

Superbe ********

Admirable col bien enjolivé par ces nuages.
Bon Week-end.

Mario,
Boro,
John,
Many thanks!

Magnificent shot! HANWE!

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Thank you, William,

A sumptuous perspective and sky, and an attractive view of this mountainside village.
Great week-end to you, Andy

Thank you, Eric.
The palace is so vast that it dwarfs the town around it but it is a good-sized town, not a village. Scale can be deceptive sometimes!

Bon panorama !

Merci, Gilbert!

Very well composed landscape image.

A wonderful view from where an empire was headed. I have also held several events there, among them my wedding. Best wishes, Anton.

Interesting! I had a married couple as students who were also married there!

great colors and beautiful perspective

Have a nice weekend, too, Andy !

Jean,
Jaap,
Anton,
Claus-Peter,
Ulrich,
Thank you all!

Bonito punto de vista.