Granada Cathedral

Granada Cathedral

The Cathedral of Granada ( Santa María de la Encarnación de Granada ) is the seat of the Archbishop of Granada . It is located in Granada in Andalusia in southern Spain .

history

1. Cathedral
2. Capilla Real
3. Iglesia del Sagrario
4. Sacristy

Look into the choir

After the conquest, Granada became an archbishopric on May 21, 1492. Queen Isabella I pushed for the imminent construction of a representative cathedral, but this was only commissioned by Ferdinand II after her death .

First the funerary chapel Capilla Real was built, which was completed in 1517. The foundation stone for the new construction of the cathedral took place on March 25, 1523. The plan of the builder Enrique Egas envisaged a 115 meters long and 65 meters wide cathedral in the Gothic style. After Ega's dismissal in 1528, Diego de Siloé changed the floor plan to a circular choir and a five-aisled basilica in the Renaissance style. When the sanctuary was finished in 1561, it was separated from the rest of the building by a wall and used as a cathedral. Until then, the former main mosque had served as the archbishop's seat.

Alternating builders continued the building: Juan de Maena (1563–1571), Juan de Orea (1571–1590) and Ambrosio de Vico (1590–1623). In 1667 Alonso Cano changed the plan for the main facade to a baroque design. Construction was declared completed in 1704, 181 years after the foundation stone was laid.

The cathedral has a rectangular floor plan with a main nave and two side aisles. The architecture of the church building is continued in the semicircular choir closure.

Interior

Inside, the height, the clear width and the whitewashed walls are impressive. Because the choir screen was removed at the beginning of the 20th century , you have an unobstructed view of the entire length of the cathedral.

Of particular importance are the choir and side chapels of the cathedral, which are consecrated to various saints. In the chapels there are valuable paintings and carvings, mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries.

Organs

The two organs

Two organs stand parallel at the end of the main nave. Both have richly decorated brochures on both sides . They were built by Leonardo Fernández Dávila: the one on the Gospel page between 1744 and 1746, the one on the Epistle page from 1746 to 1749.

The Epistle organ has split registers with 43 voices on two manuals and pedal .

Organo Mayor Bass side Orlos Dulzaina Violeta Bayoncillo Clarín Trompeta de Batalla Octava Flautado Violón Flautado Flautado Mayor Clarin de Atrás Quinta Imperial Nazardos Lleno Sobre Zímbala Trompeta Real Zímbala Flautado de atrás

(Continuation) Treble side Orlos Regalía Chirimía oboe Clarín Trompeta Batalla Trompeta Magna Flautado Violón Flautado Flautado Mayor Temblante Clarín de atrás Octava Flauta travesera Lleno Quinta Imperial Corneta Zímbala Sobre Zímbala Trompeta Imperial Flautado de atrás

Cadereta de Eco Bass side Dulzaina Quincena Lleno Tapadillo Violón Treble side Gaita Pajarillos Temblante Dulzaina Corneta Lleno Quincena Tapadillo Violón

Cadereta Exterior Bass side Trompeta recortada Decinovena Nazardos Quincena Violón Docena Tapadillo Octava Lleno Zímbala Treble side Trompeta Magna Clarín Lleno Corneta Viejas Tapadillo Flautín Violón Octava Zímbala

pedal Cons 26 Cons 13

literature

• Miguel López Rodríguez: The Cathedral of Granada . Aldeasa, 2005, ISBN 84-8003-395-9 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hans Klotz: The book of the organ . 9th edition. Bärenreiter, Kassel 1979, ISBN 3-7618-0080-0 , p. 139 .
2. ↑ More information about the Epistle organ ( memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

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Coordinates: 37 ° 10 ′ 35.1 ″  N , 3 ° 35 ′ 57.4 ″  W.