Habsburg and Bourbon Spain

Real Sitio de San Ildefonso

Today: Spain

Years: 1721–1833
Role: Felipe V's summer royal site

From 1477 the Hieronymites kept a guesthouse and a farm here, the granja that gave the place its name. Felipe V chose the spot, beside the Valsaín hunting ground, for the palace he began in 1721, and the Royal Glass Factory was founded in 1727. The town grew as the palace needed more staff; Carlos III replanned it and gave it a wall, and the treaties of San Ildefonso of 1777, 1796 and 1800 were signed here.

What to see today

Palacio Real de La Granja (Palacio Real de La Granja de San Ildefonso): Palace, 1721 to 1724
Palacio Real de Riofrío: Palace, 1751 to 1762
Real Fábrica de Cristales de La Granja (Real Fábrica de Cristales): Public building, 1770 to 1772

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