The smell of freshly cut stone and quarry dust permeated the air that spring morning in 1563. On a carpenter’s table, spread among forging nails and wooden rules, rested the plan to guide the coming years of work — and posterity — of the most powerful king of Europe. Philip II had personally chosen that spot at the foot of Mount Abantos, and that day he was ready to see how the first peaks pierced the land that would cover his greatest obsession…
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The smell of freshly cut stone and quarry dust permeated the air that spring morning in 1563. On a carpenter’s table, spread among forging nails and wooden rules, rested the plan to guide the coming years of work — and posterity — of the most powerful king of Europe. Philip II had personally chosen that spot at the foot of Mount Abantos, and that day he was ready to see how the first peaks pierced the land that would cover his greatest obsession…