The Cathedral

The Granada Cathedral was build in the 15th century to celebrate the conquest of the city by catholic forces of King Fernando and Queen Isabel and to trump the Muslim architecture of the Alhambra. As the Alhambra already took the best place in town, this attempt was rather futile to begin with and really did not succeed anyway, even though the new stile of the renaissance was employed.

One can clearly see the transition between the gothic and renaissance era in the interior, which combines elements from both stiles. Typically gothic is the height of the naves, even though this height was largely accomplished with split columns on pedestals, topped with a classic capital and upper entablature. The main attraction of this cathedral is the gilded Main Chapel by Diego de Siloé, and its beautiful stained Flemish glass windows from the 16th century. Granada is famous for its Holy Week's Processions, when the religious crowds take the holy images out the street. During this week, the Cathedral is in fact the city center