Aranjuez

Porcelain Room in Aranjuez, Spain

Visitors to Aranjuez often come for its royal gardens and the grandeur of the Royal Palace of Aranjuez. Yet one of the palace's most astonishing treasures is tucked away in a corner room that feels more like a theatrical illusion than a royal chamber. Completed in 1765, the Porcelain Room was the first major masterpiece created by the Royal Porcelain Factory established under Charles III of Spa…