Royal Chapel of Granada - Burial Place of the Catholic Monarchs

The Royal Chapel is located between Granada Cathedral, the old Fish Market and the Church of Sagrario. The construction of the Royal Chapel of Granada wss ordered by the Catholic Monarchs in 1504 as a place of burial for their bodies.

The monarchs died before the chapel was finished, and their bodies rested in the convent of San Francisco de la Alhambra (today the Parador Nacional de Turismo) until the Royal Chapel was completed.

Charles V was subsequently commissioned in 1521 to move the bodies of his grandparents to the newly completed chapel.

Carlos V buried almost all the dead of the family in the Royal Chapel, including Ferdinand and Isabella, Philip the Handsome and Joanna the Mad, his wife Elizabeth, their children and Princess Maria of Portugal, wife of Prince Philip.

It was Philip II who moved everyone buried in the chapel to his newly built Escorial. He left only the Catholic Monarchs and their children Philip and Juana, who currently lie with their parents.

The burial monument of the Kings is the work of the Italian Domenico Fancelli, who built it in Genoa with Carrara marble, while that of Joanna the Mad and Philip the Handsome is the work of Bartholomew Ordenez.

La Capilla Real de los Santos Juanes is embedded in the Cathedral and set in a magnificent setting of the historic city centre. It is one of those monuments that any city in the world would be proud of.

The original main entrance to the Royal Chapel of Granada is inside the Cathedral. The current entrance to the Royal Chapel is through la Lonja, from where you start your visit.

Royal Chapel Opening Hours:

March-August:
Monday - Saturday: 10:15-13:30, 16:00-19:30
Sunday & holidays: 11:00-13:30, 15:30-19:30

September-February:
Monday - Saturday: 10:15-13:30, 16:00-19:30
Sunday & holidays: 11:00-13:30, 15:30-19:30

Address

Capilla Real, Gran Via de Colon 5, 18001 Granada.

Royal Chapel Entrance Prices

General entrance: 3,50 euros
Disabled and Children under 10: Free
Over 65 years: 2.50 euros

How to get to Chapel Royal:

You can get to Royal Chapel of Granada in almost any city bus of Granada, bus stop 'Gran Via 1'

Located in the heart of the city, next to Plaza Isabel la Catolica