Sujet

Church of San Juan de los Reyes.

Légende

Granada, Andalusia, Spain. Church of San Juan de los Reyes. Originally a mosque used by Christian converts at the beginning of the 13th century. It was the first place consagred as a church by the Catholic Monarchs after the conquest of Granada. The original building was torn down in 1520 to erect the church in Gothic style. A minaret of the mosque has been conserved with decoration formed by bricks with mixtilinear arches and sebka panels (almohad style). Albaicin district.

Date

2000

Crédit

Photo12/UIG/PHAS

Notre référence

UMG21A15_217

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

48,5Mo (3,6Mo) / 30,4cm x 40,0cm / 3589 x 4726 (300dpi)

Mots clés

13th century Albaicin district Andalusia Catholic Monarchs Christianity Church Gothic Granada Iberian Peninsula Middle Ages Muslim San Juan de los Reyes Spain Spanish almohad sytle arches architectural architecture art bell bell tower bricks building christian decoration exterior history islam medieval minaret old mosque panels religion remains sebka