Celebrities
San Lorenzo de El Escorial had close historical ties with the Crown Spanish, as place of residence and burial of different las Casas monarchs of the Austrias and the Bourbons. However, only one of them came in the locality. Was born in Royal Monastery October 14, 1784 and died Fernando VII, trafficking in Madrid September 29, 1833.
The presence of the Kings attracted towards the municipality different personalities from the world of culture and the arts. Apart from the long list of architects, sculptors and painters who participated in the 16th century in the Monasterio de El Escorial, building the population hosted in 18th century the Girona musician Antonio Soler (Olot, 1729), who died in San Lorenzo of El Escorial in 1783, where he developed most of his career.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, the town became a residential kernel, which went relevant political and cultural figures. Including highlighted the Serafín Alvarez and Joaquin Álvarez Quintero, comediógrafos who lived temporarily in the municipality.
Between children born in San Lorenzo de El Escorial in 20th century, protrude poet Luis Felipe Vivanco (1907–1975), the architect John Herreros (1958) and the botanist Luis Ceballos and Fernández de Córdoba (1896–1967).
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