Poder Judicial - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 07:46:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Poder Judicial - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 View of the Royal Chancery of Granada https://historylab.es/view-of-the-royal-chancery-of-granada/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=view-of-the-royal-chancery-of-granada Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:30:03 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/vista-de-la-real-chancilleria-de-granada/ The image shows a view of the Royal Chancery of Granada around 1770. In the upper right-hand corner, part of the Alhambra can also be seen

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]]> The Royal Chancery of Granada was a judicial body established by the Catholic Monarchs in 1500, which became effective on the death of the Queen in 1505. This new institution inherited the powers of the previous Royal Court and Chancery of Ciudad Real, which had been established in that city in 1494. Its transfer to Granada had two main causes: the symbolic role that this city played in the reign and the monarchs’ intention to dominate this area politically. Its judicial powers extended to the territory south of the Tagus River, while the northern territories would be under the supervision of the Royal Court and Chancery of Valladolid. In 1531 King Charles I ordered the construction of the Palace of the Chancery, today located in Plaza Nueva, which was completed in 1587. The project was designed by the architect Francisco del Castillo el Mozo and the stonemasons Martín Díaz de Navarrete and Pedro Marín, and the sculptural work was carried out by Alonso Hernández. The courtyard has been attributed to the design of Diego de Siloé. During the 18th century, this institution gradually lost power and competences with the creation of the figure of the intendant. It finally disappeared in 1834 with the definitive establishment of liberalism in Spain

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