The Royal Chapel of Granada was commissioned by the Catholic Monarchs, with a royal charter issued at Medina del Campo on September 13, 1504. Enrique Egas directed construction, with Juan Gil de Hontañón, Juan de Badajoz the Elder and Lorenzo Vázquez de Segovia also involved. Building ran from 1505 to 1517, during Ferdinand's lifetime. The lead calls the style Isabelline, and the text also says Isabelline Gothic and just Gothic.
It has a Latin cross plan with four side chapels and a nave with a Gothic ribbed vault, and its interior is modeled on the Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes in Toledo. Bartolomé Ordóñez forged the monumental wrought-iron grille. Domenico Fancelli made the tombs of Isabella and Ferdinand, and Ordóñez made the tomb of Joanna and Philip.
It served as the royal mausoleum until Philip II founded El Escorial. It remains a place of Catholic worship, while the Sacristy-Museum and the restored Lonja can be visited.
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