Palacio de Carlos V

Today: Palacio de Carlos V, Granada

Place: Granada
Kind: Palace
Built: 1527 to 1637
What remains: Standing
Visiting: Open to visit

The Renaissance palace that Charles V commissioned from Pedro Machuca after his wedding in 1526, in the heart of the Alhambra, on a square plan with a circular courtyard inscribed in it. Work began in 1527, slowed with the Morisco rebellion and was abandoned in 1637 with the building unroofed; the roof was completed in the 20th century. It now houses the Museum of the Alhambra and the Fine Arts Museum.

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