Dag 9
Last Day in Granada
24. juni 2021, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 30 °CWe took a local bus up to the Cartuja Monastery, with its overabundant, over-the-top roccoco church and chapel. One Spanish architecture professor is reputed to have described it as a “motionlessLes mer
Reisende I had forgotten Isabel and Fernando were buried in Granada. I thought the entire Spanish royal family was at El Escorial... Time to brush up on the history of Spain!
Reisende The custom of sculpting the likenesses of notables (esp. royalty) on top of their sarcophagi must have been widespread in Europe. I saw a similar resting place for a medieval king and queen in the Bamberg Cathedral (in Franconia, a Catholic region of Germany).
Reisende Over the top.