{"id":73,"date":"2019-02-19T17:33:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T17:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusoneurope.eu\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2019-02-21T17:28:42","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T17:28:42","slug":"san-jeronimo-monastery-one-of-the-best-works-of-gil-de-siloe","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/focusoneurope.eu\/?page_id=73","title":{"rendered":"San Jeronimo Monastery"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The highlights of this church are the impressive vaulted coffered\nceilings and the elegant cloister located next to the main gallery. Stones from\nthe Moorish Puerta de Elvira were used to build the church. Inside, the mortal\nremains of Gonzalo Fern\u00e1ndez de C\u00f3rdoba (known as the Gran Capit\u00e1n) are\npreserved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/focusoneurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GRAN-CAPIT%C3%81N-Y-SAN-FRANCISCO-DE-PAULA-2-abri-2016l-027.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Catholic Kings founded the monastery in Santa Fe\nin 1492, which was placed under the patronage of Saint Catherine and\nimmediately moved to Granada.&nbsp;Building\nwork began in 1492&nbsp;and was completed in 1547 under Diego de Silo\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The monastery, which housed many&nbsp;outstanding and valuable pieces of\nart, was sacked by the French and later used as a barrack. A few years ago it\nwas restored thanks to the collaboration of the University of Granada\nwith the Jer\u00f3nima religious order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The church is in the shape of a Latin cross, typical of churches of the\nJer\u00f3nima religious order. It has a high choir at the far end and the altar is\nat the top of wide steps. The remarkable Mannerist altarpiece in the main\nchapel, which is a fine example of Andalusian sculpture in its own right, was\nmade by Pablo de Rojas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The rich Renaissance decoration is one of the&nbsp;last examples of\nHumanist influence in Spain.\nThe iconographic series was intended to highlight the military greatness and\nheroism of Gonzalo Fern\u00e1ndez de C\u00f3rdoba, who is buried here with his wife, Do\u00f1a\nMar\u00eda de Manrique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The monastery has two cloisters with gardens. The first one best\nincorporates the Renaissance ideals: there are seven arched recesses decorated\nin typical classical style which make up the&nbsp;burial area for Gonzalo\nFern\u00e1ndez de C\u00f3rdoba.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second cloister, now used by the closed community of nuns who\nlive,&nbsp;was where the Empress Elizabeth of Portugal had her chambers during\nher honeymoon&nbsp;after her marriage to Emperor Charles I.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The highlights of this church are the impressive vaulted coffered ceilings and the elegant cloister located next to the main gallery. Stones from the Moorish Puerta de Elvira were used to build the church. Inside, the mortal remains of Gonzalo Fern\u00e1ndez de C\u00f3rdoba (known as the Gran Capit\u00e1n) are preserved. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":191,"parent":67,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-73","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","column","twocol","has-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/focusoneurope.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/focusoneurope.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/focusoneurope.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/focusoneurope.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/focusoneurope.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=73"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/focusoneurope.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":292,"href":"http:\/\/focusoneurope.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/73\/revisions\/292"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/focusoneurope.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/67"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/focusoneurope.eu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/focusoneurope.eu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=73"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}