This visual documentation captures territorial transformation in El Escorial, located in the Madrid metropolitan region. The comparative imagery reveals patterns of urban expansion and land use changes documented over a fifteen-year period.

2001
El Escorial landscape view 2001 showing original land use patterns
2016
El Escorial landscape view 2016 showing development changes

The sequential documentation illustrates modifications to the landscape structure, demonstrating shifts in spatial organization and built environment characteristics typical of suburban growth dynamics during Spain's construction boom era.