a village in central Spain, northwest of Madrid: site of an architectural complex containing a monastery, palace, and college, built by Philip II between 1563 and 1584
Escorial in American English
(ɛsˈkɔriəl; Spanish ˌ ɛskɔˈʀjɑl)
noun
huge quadrangle of granite buildings near Madrid, built (16th cent.) by Philip II of Spain: it encloses a palace, church, monastery, etc.
Word origin
Sp escorial, lit., place where a mine has been exhausted < escoria < L scoria, dross < Gr skōria, scoria