Royal Chapel of Granada

The Royal Chapel of Granada (Spanish: Capilla Real de Granada) is a Isabelline style building located in the heart of Granada (in Andalusia, Spain), next to the Cathedral. There are buried the Catholic Monarchs, their daughter Joanna of Castile "the Mad" and her husband, Philip I of Castile "the Handsome".

The Nasrid dynasty of Granada was the last Moorish dominion of Al-Andalus to fall in the Reconquista (Reconquest). It occurred in 1492 during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, with the city an important step in their successful reign. On September 13, 1504, they decided they wanted their remains to be taken to Granada, and for this purpose a Royal Warrant was issued at Medina del Campo, Castile-León, for a Royal Chapel to be built.

The Catholic Monarchs chosen as burial site, Granada, created by Royal decree dated September 13 of 1504, the Royal Chapel. It was built between 1505 and 1517 in Isabelline Gothic style and dedicated to St. John the Baptist and St. John the Evangelist.

Construction began in the year 1505 by Enrique Egas in Gothic. They were involved in its construction also Juan Gil de Hontañón, Juan de Badajoz the Elder and Lorenzo Vázquez de Segovia.

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