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Avda. de los Reyes Católicos 918 905 903 Official Website Ticket Sales 18th-century building, located in the municipality of El Escorial. It was built between 1771 and 1775, based on a design by Juan de Villanueva, one of the most important architects of Spanish neoclassicism.
It has been declared a Site of Cultural Interest since 1931. It was erected as a pleasure pavilion for the use of Charles IV, then Prince of Asturias, in an oak forest between the Monastery of El Escorial and the urban centre of Escorial. Its management corresponds to Patrimonio Nacional, a state body responsible for State assets available to the Spanish Crown.
It initially consisted of a single rectangular block, with a 27-metre facade, which between 1781 and 1784 was expanded with the addition of side wings to the right and left of the main facade, giving it the U-shape it has today. Inside, the Pompeian Room stands out, whose neoclassical-influenced decoration was designed and executed by Bernasconi, the ceiling painter, and Ferroni, for the walls, both Italian artists.
Neoclassical palace built between 1771 and 1775 by Juan de Villanueva for the future Charles IV, considered one of the masterpieces of Spanish neoclassicism, with interiors of great artistic refinement.