San Lorenzo de El Escorial
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Nomenclature and Geography
Category: City / Municipality
Summary
San Lorenzo de El Escorial is a town in the Community of Madrid, Spain, situated in the Sierra de Guadarrama mountains. It's famed for the Monastery of El Escorial, a major Spanish Renaissance monument. The town developed around the monastery, expanding in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Statistics
Area
56.40 km²
Population
18,872