El Escorial - Palacio Real Bourbon Suite

Particularly impressive, in the administrative palace of El Escorial, is the Bourbon Suite. A staircase reconstructed by Villanueva in the 18th century leads up to the state apartments of Charles IV and Maria Luisa of Parma on the third floor. They contain valuable furniture and porcelain of the 18th century, but their principal treasures are 338 tapestries, some from the Santa Bárbara manufactory in Madrid, some from Flemish workshops. They depict scenes from popular life (some after cartoons by Goya), allegories and hunting scenes (after cartoons by Teniers, Wouwerman, Bayeu and Maella).