Royal Chapel

As you enter the Royal Chapel, Granada through the old Lonja, one of the entrances of the massive structure you will automatically feel like being drawn by an unknown force present here. It was intended to be the resting place of the monarchs of Spain. But that did not happen eventually, as the burial place was shifted to the monastery in El Escorial.

The Royal Chapel, Granada has four parts to it – the Royal Chapel, the Cathedral, the Merchants' Exchange, and the Church of the Sagrario. Even though the tourists are made to enter the chapel through the Lonja, the official door is only opened for religious services. This is a special place to be in as it is the last of the churches built in gothic style. After that the architectural styles began to be a merger of the Italian architectural styles due to the effect of the renaissance.

The trader’s hall of the Royal Chapel, Granada was designed by a Genoese businessman. It reflects the Italian style of architecture due to the infestations of the Italians in the business scenario of Granada. It is decorated with flowery columns and archways, which spread across a huge area.

The Royal Chapel, Granada had been built as the mausoleum of Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand. This king was the one who drove away the Moors from Spain and saved the country. Even though the chapel was originally built to be the resting place of all the generations of monarchs, it was shifted to another place.

The construction was started in the year 1504 and was completed by the year 1521. The tombs had been made with the help of the marbles designed by Domenico Fancelli who was a Tuscan sculptor.

There used to be a mosque at the place where the four structures stand at present. The altar pieces of the Royal Chapel, Granada is made up of four wooden panels, which have been painted and also sculpted. One of them will show you the process of baptizing of Moors.