What is Granada Cathedral?
{{Infobox church | name = Granada Cathedral<br /> Catedral de Granada | image = Plaza de las Pasiegas.JPG | imagesize = 200px | caption = Granada Cathedral | location = [[Granada]], [[Spain]] | country = Spain | denomination = [[Roman Catholicism]] | style = [[Renaissance architecture|Renaissance]], [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] | groundbreaking = 1526 | completed date = 1561 }} [[Image:Andalusia hl 20060811 006.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Inner view.]] '''Granada Cathedral''' (also called '''Cathedral of the Incarnation''') is a [[cathedral]] in [[Granada]], [[Spain]]. It is a [[Roman Catholic]] cathedral and is the seat of the [[Archdiocese of Granada]]. The site was once the center of [[Al-Andalus|Muslim Spain]].<ref name=Nash233>Elizabeth Nash, '' Seville, Cordoba, and Granada: A Cultural History'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005), p. 233</ref> In 1532 the [[Archbishop]] of Granada laid the [[cornerstone]] for the cathedral.<ref>Amy G. Remensnyder, ''La Conquistadora: The Virgin Mary at War and Peace in the Old and New Worlds'' (New York: Oxford University Press, 2014), p. 171</ref> The cathedral features a large number of paintings by the [[artist]], [[sculptor]] and [[architect]] [[Alonso Cano]].<ref name=Nash233/> == References == {{reflist}} ==Other websites== {{commons category|Cathedral of Granada}} * [http://www.moebius.es/ggranada/monu/catedral.htm Guide to monuments of Granada: the Cathedral] {{in lang|es}} * [http://www.granada-travelguide.com Granada Pictures] * [https://books.google.com/books?id=8LSfAAAAMAAJ&dq=Cartuja+Espana&pg=PR6 ''Del arte árabe en España''] Book about Arab Art in Spain by Rafael Contreras y Muñoz, pages 1 to 7. * [http://www.spain.info/en_IN/que-quieres/arte/monumentos/granada/catedral_de_granada.html Information on the Cathedrals of Granada on the Spain.info website.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141017053601/http