That’s because, like many religious buildings in Granada, this one replaced an earlier mosque. North of here, uphill, the Albaicín district unfolds in a warren of narrow alleys and staircases ...

The elaborate Renaissance-style structure is built on the site of a former mosque that had been converted to a cathedral when the Christians reclaimed Granada in 1492. The church opened in 1561 ...

After the Conquest of Granada, Spanish rulers made the Alhambra more their own – transforming interiors, replacing the on-site mosque with a church and adding other Renaissance-style structures ...

Built in 1516 on the site of the former great Nasrid mosque, the majestic Cathedral of the Incarnation is the beating heart of this historic district of Granada, located in the old Spanish-Muslim ...