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Comarca de la Vega de Granada

Grenade

Granada Cathedral

Comarca de la Vega de Granada

Grenade

Granada Cathedral

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Granada Cathedral

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Location: Grenade, Comarca de la Vega de Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

January 27, 2022

Queen Isabella the Catholic ordered the construction of the Cathedral of Granada in 1505, shortly after the taking of the city, and chose for its location the place where the Royal Mosque of the Alhambra was located.
However, the scope of the project led to a search for a larger site and it was moved to the center of Granada, where the Great Mosque was located.

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JavierCR 🇪🇸

May 16, 2024

The Metropolitan Cathedral Basilica of the Incarnation is an impressive Catholic temple in the Spanish city of Granada. It is the seat of the local archdiocese and one of the masterpieces of the Spanish Renaissance. The cathedral is dedicated to the mystery of the Incarnation of the Lord. Its construction began in 1526 and was completed in 1561 under the direction of the architect Diego de Siloé. The building combines Renaissance and Baroque elements, and its length is 116 meters with a width of 67 meters. 🌟

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Barbara & Andreas 🕊️

December 10, 2019

This cathedral is very different from all we have seen in the course of the journey in the big cities of Spain. So far, it was Gothic cathedrals, some with Roman remains, which were then further developed in the Baroque period. Especially noticeable was the big choir stalls built later, which stood in the middle of the nave and divided the room.
In Granada, it is a Renaissance cathedral with a single gothic portal to the Capila real (which unfortunately was closed, presumably gothic) and some baroque retables.
With its bright white and brilliant gold in the front part, it can be called a "cathedral of light".
In a way, it is similar to St. Peter's in Rome.

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Location: Grenade, Comarca de la Vega de Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain

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