Tourists walk by the purported tomb of Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus in the Cathedral of Seville, Spain. ... a river island next to Seville. In 1537, Maria de Rojas y Toledo, ...

Columbus Remains Found In Spain. ... Three years later his remains were moved to a monastery on La Cartuja, a river island next to Seville. In 1537, Maria de Rojas y Toledo, ...

Following Cuba’s 1898 independence from Spain, Columbus ended up back in Andalusia, interred in an ornate tomb at Seville Cathedral. Advertisement The Columbus tomb at Seville Cathedral.

Tourists walk by the alleged tomb of Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus in the Cathedral of Seville, Spain in this photo from 2002. ... a river island next to Seville. In 1537, ...

In 1795 when Spain handed Santo Domingo over to France, Columbus's body was transferred to Havana in Cuba. And it was brought back to Seville in 1898, when the Spanish were thrown out of Cuba. Now ...

Columbus’s personal timeline has been so enigmatic that both Seville, Spain and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic lay claim to the explorer’s remains.