Casita del Príncipe (El Escorial)

House of the Prince
Native name
Spanish: Casita del Príncipe
Location El Escorial, Spain
Coordinates 40°35′04″N 4°08′11″W / 40.584379°N 4.136514°W / 40.584379; -4.136514Coordinates: 40°35′04″N 4°08′11″W / 40.584379°N 4.136514°W / 40.584379; -4.136514
Official name: Casita del Príncipe
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1992[1]
Reference no. RI-51-0007308
Location of House of the Prince in Spain

The House of the Prince (Spanish: Casita del Príncipe) is an eighteenth-century building located in El Escorial, Spain. It was designed by the neoclassical architect Juan de Villanueva as the private residence of the heir to the Spanish throne Charles, Prince of Asturias. The word casita is the diminutive of the Spanish word for "house". Such buildings gave their royal occupants the opportunity to escape some of the formalities of court life. The Petit Trianon at Versailles offers a French example of the phenomenon.

The building was declared Bien de Interés Cultural in 1992.[1] The artwork inside includes a Sala de Porcelana on the upper floor. This room features examples of the work of the Real Fabrica del Buen Retiro from the 1790s.[2]

See also

Related buildings

References

  1. 1 2 Database of protected buildings (movable and non-movable) of the Ministry of Culture of Spain (Spanish).
  2. ↑ Sala de Porcelana de la Casita del Príncipe de El Escorial, Centro Virtual Cervantes
  3. ↑ "La Casita del Príncipe tiene llave nueva". El País. Retrieved January 17, 2013.

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