Madrid

The Manila shawl is a square silk canvas decorated in vivid colors with flowers, birds or fantasy shapes, and finished around its perimeter by fringes. It is of Chinese origin, and it became very popular during the eighteenth century in Spain and Latin America as a complement to women’s clothing.

The Monastery and Royal Site of San Lorenzo of The Escorial (in Spanish “Monasterio y Sitio de El Escorial”) is a complex that includes a royal palace, a basilica, a pantheon, a library, a school and a monastery. It is located in the Spanish town of San Lorenzo de El