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The impressive tomb containing the much travelled {both in life and after death} remains of Christopher Columbus {Christobel Colon} in Seville Cathedral.
His tomb is held aloft by four figures representing the kingdoms of Spain during his life, (Castille, Aragon, Navara, and Leon).
Columbus died in Valladolid in 1506. He was moved shortly thereafter to be buried in a Carthusian monastery in Seville, then his remains were moved to the Dominican Republic as Columbus had fallen out of favor with the Spanish royal family and his final wish was not to be buried in Spanish soil. In 1795 when Spain lost control of the Dominican Republic they were moved to Havana, and stayed until 1898, when the Spanish were also thrown out of Cuba, they were finally returned back to Seville.
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- Phil Yeomans
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