Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Joanna of Castile

Torquemada (from Latin turris cremata "burnt tower") is a municipality with about 1000 inhabitants. It is the namesake and presumably the birthplace of the famous Tomas de Torquemada (1420-1498), a Dominican monk and the first Grand Inquisitor of Spain. Catherine of Austria, Infanta of Castile and Archduchess of Austria, was the posthumous daughter of King Philip I (also known as "Philip the Handsome") and Queen Joanna of Castile (also known as "Joan the Mad") was born in Torquemada. In 1525, Catherine married King John III of Portugal and became Queen of Portugal until her husband's death in 1557.

The Granada-Cathedral seen from the Alhambra. As Granada was part of the Nasrid Kingdom upto 1492, when it was conquered at the end of the Reconquista, the erection of the cathedral started rather late - in 1523. At that time the "Capella Real", adjoining the cathedral today, was already completed. The cathedral took 181 years to build. The "Capella Royal" is the burial place of the so called "Catholic Monarchs" Isabella I of Castile, Queen of Castile, and her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon, King of Aragon. Here is as well the tomb of their daughter Joanna of Castile, better known as "Joanna the Mad" ("Juana la Loca").