Royal Chapel of Granada

The Royal Chapel of Granada (Spanish: Capilla Real de Granada) is an Isabelline style building in Granada, Spain. Constructed between 1505 and 1517, it was originally integrated in the complex of the neighbouring Granada Cathedral. It is the burial place of the Spanish monarchs, Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand, the Catholic Monarchs. Apart from these historical links, this building also contains a gallery of artworks and other items associated with Queen Isabella. History Royal Chapel of Granada in 1850, drawing by Francesc Xavier Parcerisa and published in Recuerdos y bellezas de España. The Nasrid dynasty of Granada was the last Moorish dominion of Al-Andalus to fall in the Reconquista (Reconquest). This occurred in 1492 during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs , with the conquest of the city being an important stage of their combined reign. On September 13, 1504, they declared that they wanted their remains to be taken to Granada , and to this effect a royal charter was issued at Medina del Campo. Architecture and sculpture Royal Chapel of Granada, 2012 The interior of the chapel follows the same model as the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes in Toledo . It has four side chapels, creating the form of a Latin cross and a nave with a Gothic ribbed vault. The choir has a centered arch down to its base, and a crypt. The passage to the presbytery creates a luminous effect to symbolize the sun and the light of justice (in an Albertian , Neo-Platonic sense). There is a hierarchy of the transept dedicated to.