Monastery · Granada

Abadía del Sacromonte

Today: Abadía del Sacromonte, Granada

Place: Granada
Kind: Monastery
Built: 1600 to 1610
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The abbey that Archbishop Pedro de Castro commissioned from the Jesuit Pedro Sánchez, with El Escorial as its model, after the relics of Saint Cecilio were found in 1595. The main building went up between 1600 and 1610, the year the college was founded, and the work was never finished. Today it is a residence for canons, a parish and an ecclesiastical museum; beside it are the Santas Cuevas, enclosed by a wall dated 1598.

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