We heard from H on Sunday. They went to several sites. H told us that the area is beautiful and the weather has been fantastic with day time highs in the mid 60s. Apparently people dress up a little more when they go out at night and t-shirts and jeans are not doing it for H. She did buy a new top on sale!
They toured
El Valle De Los Caídos (Valley of the Fallen, a monument built by prisoners from both sides in the Civil War under orders from Franco.
Felipe II’s monastery- palace of El Escorial, one of Spain’s most famous sights.
The Alcázar,a fortress, a royal palace, the site of Philip II's wedding to his fourth wife, Anne of Austria, and more recently a military academy. In the upper part of the city, the oldest foundations have been identified as Roman. Documents indicate that a fortress existed on this site by the early 12th century known as the Alcázar, an Arabic word for a royal residence. The palace was enlarged in the 13th and 14th centuries and again during the reign of King John II (1405-1454) when towers were added and the East Tower and moat were enlarged. Under Philip II (1558-1598) major alterations were made; slate roofs and spires on towers were added. From 1764-1862 the Royal Artillery College was housed here. A fire in 1862 destroyed most of the structure, which was rebuilt about two decades later in a more romantic style than the original building.
The Roman Aqueduct, one of the greatest surviving monuments of Roman engineering, is about 2950 feet long although the section where the arches are divided in two levels is about 900 feet. It is made of rough-hewn massive granite blocks, joined without mortar or clamps.
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