Granada Details
Granada Royal Chapel
The building of the Royal Chapel began in the year 1505 by Enrique Egas and construction continued through several stages as is seen by the styles that come together in it: Gothic and ornamental-plant; Renaissance-art-and the graves of granadino guipuzcoa.
They gathered the most important artists of the moment: Domenico Fancelli-graves, Bartolome Ordonez, Bartolome de Jaen-the-grid, Felipe Bigarny, Alonso Berruguete and Jacobo Florentino for the altarpiece, and Santa Cruz, Machuca, Silo Francisco Diaz del Rivero, and Alonso de Mena For a Gothic style. Throughout the years a lot of artwork, liturgical objects, and relics were acquired.
The museum was created in 1913, and it has recently been the subject of a new museum facility, through the intervention of the Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage, with the assistance of the Heritage Artistique du Royale Institute of Belgium, the Institute for the Restoration of Rome, the Institute for Conservation and Restoration of the Ministry of Culture, The Free University of Brussels, and the University of Granada.
The Royal Chapel was declared a
The most important parts of the interior of the temple are
the altarpiece, the gate, and the crypt. In the
The temple stresses its gallery of paintings with works by Flemish schools, Italian and Spanish, with paintings by artists such as Roger van der Weyden and Hans Memling. There is also a rare example of Sandro Botticelli (The Prayer Garden). There is goldwork as the crown and scepter of the Catholic Monarchs, as well fabrics and books from the Queen.
The Royal Chapel of Granada is united and connected with other important buildings, such as Grenadians Lonja, the Cathedral, and Church of the Tabernacle, and was built on the former site of the Mosque.
The Catholic kings Juana la Loca and Philip the Handsome are
buried here. The Royal Catholics chose the city of