Andalusia 2019 - Part 11 - Granada
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redfiona99The day after the Alhambra, on our last day in Andalusia we visited Granada (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granada).
As you could see from the last photo in the last post, the Granada really does surround the Alhambra.
It was the fourth city we visited and the fourth completely different vibe.
Granada had a much wider range of building styles,
I've never seen the ripple effect done by different colour material on such a large statue before.
More information on the statue, and that it helped cause a riot, here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_Isabella_the_Catholic_(Granada)
Their Catholic majesties (don't look at me in that tone of voice) were pretty much the theme of the day as we spent most of our time in the Royal Chapel of Granada (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Chapel_of_Granada) which contains the tombs of Isabella and Ferdinand, as well as Joanna of Castile and Philip the Handsome.
And some very cool artwork.
It is an understandably fancy building, in what I've been told is Isabelline style, a variant on late Gothic.
Because they get everywhere, I also suspect this of being a Hapsburg eagle holding the coat of arms of Isabella and Ferdinand.
We didn't get to see the San Juan de Dios Hospital (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_de_Dios_Hospital_(Granada)), which was our tour guide's favourite site in Granada (and may have been her favourite in all of Andalusia, Sharon being awesome that way), nor did we manage to have any tapas in the home of tapas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapas#Origin).
All in all, it was a very successful trip, and I would recommend a visit to Andalusia to everyone.
As you could see from the last photo in the last post, the Granada really does surround the Alhambra.
It was the fourth city we visited and the fourth completely different vibe.
Granada had a much wider range of building styles,
I've never seen the ripple effect done by different colour material on such a large statue before.
More information on the statue, and that it helped cause a riot, here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monument_to_Isabella_the_Catholic_(Granada)
Their Catholic majesties (don't look at me in that tone of voice) were pretty much the theme of the day as we spent most of our time in the Royal Chapel of Granada (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Chapel_of_Granada) which contains the tombs of Isabella and Ferdinand, as well as Joanna of Castile and Philip the Handsome.
And some very cool artwork.
It is an understandably fancy building, in what I've been told is Isabelline style, a variant on late Gothic.
Because they get everywhere, I also suspect this of being a Hapsburg eagle holding the coat of arms of Isabella and Ferdinand.
We didn't get to see the San Juan de Dios Hospital (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Juan_de_Dios_Hospital_(Granada)), which was our tour guide's favourite site in Granada (and may have been her favourite in all of Andalusia, Sharon being awesome that way), nor did we manage to have any tapas in the home of tapas (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapas#Origin).
All in all, it was a very successful trip, and I would recommend a visit to Andalusia to everyone.
