Saturday, November 17, 2007

Just one more church and then we're done, and this one's pretty cool. The church was founded by the famous Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, who as you probably remember from your history classes united Spain, kicked the Moors out of Granada, their last Spanish city, then kicked out all the Moors and Jews from Spain for good measure. Oh, and they sent Christopher Columbus to claim America for them as well. The busy couple built the church in thanks for some victory over the Moors, and planned on being buried here. They changed their minds later and chose Granada after its reconquering. In a questionable decorating choice, the facade of the church is decorated with chains (see below), each representing a newly liberated city. It's got a great cloister attached, intricately carved and surrounding a nice patch of lawn, complete with orange trees.











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