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Escorial: The Dream Of A Devout Monarch
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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lt was to be a bulwark of the faith, a symbol of the greatness and power of the Spanish worId empire. In a manner virtualIy unparaIleled by any other building, the EscoriaI reflects the spirit of its age, the 16th century, and of its patron, Philipp ll. PhiIipp ll, driven by a bIind faith in the Catholic Church and the burning desire to emulate his father, CharIes V, had the EscoriaI built in a bleak, deserted Iandscape. From this vantage point he wanted to rule the worId. The architecture is a perfect refIection of this spirit, externaIIy an austere buiIding, almost entireIy without ornamentation and vast proportions.
It is, moreover, no coincidence that the building is reminiscent of a cloister; part of which is stilI used today as a monastery. And it was from this fortified cloister that PhiIipp sought the soIution to one of the most intractable problems of his time - the schism in the church. He resorted to the means of the lnquisition. The building, and its whole style, exudes the relentlessness with which Philipp exerted his power. |
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