...This is the Entrada de Palacio, leading to the — Palacio Real. Philip II., in his own expression, wanted nothing more than a 'cell, in which he might bear his weary limbs to the grave' ; his successors created a palace and decorated it in the usual style of the 17-18th centuries. We...

...This is the Entrada de Palacio, leading to the — Palacio Seal. Philip II. , in his own expression, wanted nothing more than a 'cell, in which he might bear his weary limbs to the grave' ; his successors created a palace and decorated it in the usual style of the 17-18th centuries. We...

...Palacio) leading to the — Palacio Real. Philip II., in his own expression, wanted nothing more tban a 'cell, in which he might bear his weary limbs to the grave'; his successors created a palace and decorated it in the usual style of the 17-18th centuries. Turning...

...looking out over the heat-hazy plain of New Castile. All Philip II. required, to use his own words, was " a cell in which he might bear his weary limbs to the grave " — observe the monkish touch. In the lower stories of the palace these " cells " are to be seen...

...himself but a tiny corner, severely plain, poorly furnished; for, according to his own statement, 287 he wanted nothing more than a cell in which he might bear his weary limbs to the grave. Here, close to the nave of the church, this royal recluse in the "pride of humbleness" secreted himself,...