Royal Palace of La Granja of San Ildefonso

The Royal Place of La Granja is situated on the northern slope of the Guadarrama mountains, about 90 kilometers away from Madrid. Its name comes from an old farm monastery that was run by monks from Segovia. Felipe V retired to this place in the year 1724 and during the next twenty years he had the gardens and the palace developed and extended. The palace was used as a summer residence by all his successors until Alfonso the 13th. Recently, the palace has undergone restoration and redevelopment of the collections in the official rooms, so that decoration harks back to the days of Philip V. The