What to see in Municipality Granada

The Church of Santos Justo y Pastor is located at the Plaza de la Universidad in Granada. The construction of the church started in 1575 and finished in 1621.

It started as the old Church of San Pablo and it was built by the Jesuits and the architects were Martin de Baceta and Alonso Romero, who were Jesuits priests. It was constructed over an old mezquita.

The façade was built in the XVII-th century and is decorated with Corinthian columns and has marble reliefs of the history of the Jesuits. At the very top is a statue of San Ignacio. Jose Bada created the façade and the tower.

The church has the Latin cross plan and has a cupola, but only one nave. The main altar has a wonderful fresco from Francisco Diaz Rivero from 1630. The altar has Solomonic columns and paintings of the life of San Pablo, created by Pedro Atanasio Bocanegra and the Baroque retable was made by Ruiz del Peral.

The church was looted by French troops during the War of Independence of 1812. However it still has a gilded bronze chalice of the 17th century and reliquaries from the 16th century.