Description of the attraction
If, walking in Granada, walk 500 meters west of the center, you can get to the Monastery of San Jerónimo, built in the Renaissance style in the 16th century. The monastery was originally founded in Santa Fe, a suburb of Granada, but after its liberation from the rule of the Moors by the Catholic kings, the monastery was moved to Granada in 1500. Such great masters as Siloam Diego, Jakomo Florentino, Juan de Aragon, Juan Batista Vasquez el Moso worked on the new building of the monastery in the Renaissance style. The Monastery of San Jerónimo houses the remains of Fernando Gonzalez de Cordoba, the right hand of the Catholic kings in military affairs, nicknamed the Great Captain, and his wife. A stone tomb with their remains is located in front of the altar.
The main structure of the monastery is made in the shape of a cross, has one nave and is decorated with a ribbed vault made in the Gothic style. The walls of the monastery with large buttresses are decorated with the coats of arms of the Great Fernando Gonzalez de Cordoba and his wife. The monastery building has several covered galleries, one of which is decorated with capitals, pointed arches and two magnificent portals decorated with plateresque carvings by the architect Siloam Diego. A number of brightly colored sculptures placed inside the monastery church deserve special attention.
During the war with the French in the 19th century, the monastery suffered significant damage. From 1916 to 1920, restoration work was carried out at the monastery under the direction of the architect Fernando Wilhelm.
