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The Royal Chapel of Granada,

Granada

The Royal Chapel of Granada
About
The Royal Chapel of Granada holds the remains of two monarchs who arguably changed the world more than any others. Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon are buried here alongside their daughter Joanna and her husband Philip the Handsome. Construction began in 1504, twelve years after they conquered the city, and finished in 1517 in flamboyant Gothic style, its exterior decorated with intertwined initials: Y for Ysabel, F for Fernando.

Charles I's coat of arms features the pillars of Hercules and the motto Plus Ultra, further beyond. An emperor whose ambitions would encircle the globe, already marking them on a chapel barely a decade old.

VoiceMap's tours use the chapel to trace how 1492 reshaped Granada, placing the conquest, Columbus's voyage and the expulsion of the Jews within months of each other, and explaining how the people who set all three in motion now rest inside.
Tours featuring the Royal Chapel of Granada (3)
Architecture
Food And Drink
Medieval History
Take in 1,000 years of history and architecture in the beating heart of Granada
Walking Tour
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180 mins
Architecture
Neighbourhoods
Medieval History
Discover the main monuments and sites of the Nasrid capital with an architect
Walking Tour
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120 mins
Religious Sites
Architecture
Medieval History
Sumérgete en más de mil años de historia y arquitectura en el corazón de Granada
Walking Tour
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180 mins

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