FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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In your mother’s basement
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Sevillasse
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to the monastery of Valladolid
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In your father’s basement
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Detailed explanation-1: -Columbus died and was buried in Valladolid on May 20, 1506. He had asked to be buried in the Americas, but no church of sufficient stature existed there. Three years later, his remains were moved to a monastery on La Cartuja, a river island next to Seville.
Detailed explanation-2: -The tomb of Christopher Columbus has been located at the Cathedral of Seville since 1899. A monument with four heralds, representing the four Spanish kingdoms (Castile, Leon, Aragón and Navarre) hold a coffin.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cathedral and Tomb in Seville Columbus died in the Spanish town of Valladolid in 1506 after his fourth and last voyage. He was moved shortly thereafter to be buried in a Carthusian monastery in Seville, by orders of his surviving brother, Diego.