Casita del Príncipe
The Casita del Príncipe is an eighteenth-century building located in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain. It was designed by the neoclassical architect Juan de Villanueva for the private use of the heir to the Spanish throne Charles, Prince of Asturias, and his wife Maria Luisa.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: cultural property in El Escorial, Spain
- Also known as: “Casita del Principe”
- Address: El Escorial, 28280
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include El Escorial train station and Biblioteca Municipal de El Escorial.
El Escorial train station
Railway station
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El Escorial train station is a railway station, which is situated 350 metres northeast of Casita del Príncipe.
Biblioteca Municipal de El Escorial
Library
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Biblioteca Municipal de El Escorial is a library, which is situated 600 metres east of Casita del Príncipe.
Library of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial
Library
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The Library of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, also known as the Escurialense or the Laurentina, is a large Spanish Renaissance library founded by Philip II, located in San Lorenzo de El Escorial and part of the heritage of the monastery of El Escorial. Library of the Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is situated 1¼ km northwest of Casita del Príncipe.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include El Escorial and Zarzalejo.
El Escorial
San Lorenzo de El Escorial is a town about 45 km northwest of Madrid in Spain. Set in the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama, its chief attraction is the Monastery of El Escorial, a World Heritage Site that was the power centre of the Spanish empire under King Felipe II.
Zarzalejo
Village
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Zarzalejo is a village in the Community of Madrid in Sierra Oeste. It had 1,773 inhabitants in 2022. An ancient farmstead dating from Roman times was found here. It was occupied in the second and third centuries AD. Zarzalejo is situated 6 km southwest of Casita del Príncipe.
Peguerinos
Village
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Peguerinos is a municipality located in the province of Ávila, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2006 census, the municipality had a population of 318 inhabitants. Peguerinos is situated 9 km northwest of Casita del Príncipe.
Casita del Príncipe
- Categories: building, monument, palace, tourism, historic site, and tourist attraction
- Location: El Escorial, Madrid, Community of Madrid, Central Spain, Spain, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
40.58437° or 40° 35′ 4″ northLongitude
-4.13652° or 4° 8′ 12″ westOperator
Patrimonio NacionalOpen location code
8CGQHVM7+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 287309075OpenStreetMap feature
historic=palaceOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q3848635
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Casita del Príncipe” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Casita del Príncipe”
- Esperanto: “Dometo de la Princo”
- Japanese: “カシータ・デル・プリンシペ”
- Scots: “Casita del Príncipe (El Escorial)”
- Spanish: “Casita de Abajo”
- Spanish: “Casita del Príncipe de Asturias o Casita de Abajo”
- Spanish: “Casita del Principe”
- Spanish: “Casita del Príncipe”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Casita del Príncipe”. Photo: Esetena, CC BY-SA 3.0.