San Lorenzo de El Escorial, also known as
El Escorial de Arriba is a town and
municipality in the
Community of Madrid, Spain, located to the northwest of the region in the southeastern side of the
Sierra de Guadarrama, at the foot of
Mount Abantos and Las Machotas, from
Madrid. It is head of the same name judicial party. The settlement is popularly called El Escorial de Arriba, to differentiate it from the neighbouring village of
El Escorial, also known as El Escorial de Abajo.