Granada Cathederal

It was in the reign of Charles I of Spain where numerous buildings in the city of Granada were given the intention of the monarch to convert the city in the model city of the 16th century.

Thus the construction of the cathedral of Granada is coeval to the Christian palace of the Alhambra, the University and the Chancery (court).

The cathedral was designed in 1506 by Enrique Egas on the model of the Cathedral of Toledo. So it was a project originally intended to be Gothic, as was customary in Spain for the first decades of the 16th century.

However, it was relieved to Egas and commissioned works of Diego Siloam, who, in 1529, took up the project and built the building by modifying the approach toward an aesthetic renaissance.

The artist drew Gothic lines around the Renaissance building on the foundations, with ambulatory and five ships instead of the usual three. It combines its architectural elements from other orders. Throughout the time there have been continued artistic developments and projects of importance.

This is the case for reform of the main facade undertaken by Alonso Cano (1601 - 1667) in 1664, when Baroque elements were introduced. In 1706 Francisco Hurtado Izquierdo and his assistant Jose Bada subsequently built the present sanctuary of the cathedral. In it, he breaks the Spanish rococo trend while still respecting the sober lines and the classical structure of the rest of the temple.

There was emphasis put on the statues praying to the Catholic Kings, which consists of a series of columns whose Corinthian capitals and the entablature is placed on the vault, which is like the spaces on lower columns, with Horadada hosting a series of windows.

The facade presents a framed structure in the form of an arc of triumph, with recessed covers and canvases. The pilasters are not highlighted with carvings in the wall and marble medallions. One of the main gate of Joseph Risueno tondo on the Annunciation is also in marble.

It also highlights the presence in the top of a vase with lilies, referring to the pure and virginal mother of God. The church of 1706 maintained the classic proportions of the temple, while the columns of the multiple forms of cruise order composed of Siloe, for that time the cathedral was closed.

Granada Cathedral

Granada Cathedral is a Catholic church, the seat of the diocese of the city. It sits on the Great Mosque of Granada Nazari. The temple was built during the Spanish Renaissance. It is located in the city center.

The history of the Cathedral began in the early 16th century, shortly after the fall of Granada in the hands of the Catholic Kings, and was charged with Gil de Juan Enrique Egas Hontanon and works of the cathedral.