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La Granja, San Ildefonso, Segovia: view down La Cascada to the façade of the palace

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Description: The Architecture of Western Gardens: A Design History from the Renaissance to the...
Early La Granja sources refer to a rustic refuge built by the King of Castile, Henry III (1390–1406). It was also visited often by Henry IV (1454–74) who founded a hermitage dedicated to San Ildefonso, and next to it built a house of refuge which the Catholic Monarchs gave to the Hieronymite monks. Philip II (1556–98) built nearby the palace of Valsain, frequently used by later...
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Monique Mosser (Editor), Georges Teyssot (Editor)
PublisherMIT Press
Related print edition pages: pp.198-201
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00122.033

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