3 tombs of Columbus are known, each of which, according to the guides, claims to be authentic. Columbus died in 1506. Emperor Charles V considered himself obliged to fulfill the will of the Great discoverer and ordered the remains to be transferred from Seville, where the navigator was originally buried, to Santo Domingo. However, over time, Spain began to be ousted from the American continent, the French reigned on the island of Hispaniola, who renamed it Haiti. The ashes were transported to Cuba in the Havana Cathedral, but Spain also had to leave Cuba, losing the war provoked by the United States.→