The Royal Chapel of Granada was founded in 1504 and conceived as a mausoleum for the Catholic Monarchs. In the same year that it was founded, Queen Isabella died and was provisionally buried in the convent of San Francisco in Granada while awaiting the completion of the works. After Ferdinand’s death in 1516, his remains were laid to rest alongside those of his first wife in the capital of the Nasrid kingdom. The burial in Granada takes on special symbolism; the bodies of the monarchs were laid to rest in this city because after the War of Granada (1482-1492) and the capture of the capital of the kingdom, with the constant siege of the Christian troops against the Muslims, Boabdil finally surrendered the city to the Catholic Monarchs in January 1492. This completed the conquest of the Muslim contingent that had lasted eight centuries, culminating one of the most resounding victories of the early Modern Age
Collection: Images
Project: 5. Power and powers in the history of Europe: oligarchies, political participation and democracy.
Chronology: XVI
Scope: Secondary Education
Resource type: Image
Format: Photograph. Gelatine glass. Photographic negative
Source: Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España
Language: Spanish
Date: 1517
Owner: Álvaro Romero González (Modernalia)
Identifier: ---
Copyright: Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España
Abstract: Sepulchre of the Catholic Monarchs in the Royal Chapel of Granada, by the sculptor Domenico Fancelli, where they are buried together with the remains of Juana and Felipe
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Capilla RealFernandoFernando de AragónGranadaGuerra de GranadaIsabelIsabel de CastillaReyes CatólicosSepulcrosTumbas
