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. As a result, the remains were transported back to Seville and buried in the Cathedral. When a box with the bones allegedly of Columbus was discovered in Santo Domingo, a dispute arose over the authenticity of the remains. The burial in Seville was opened and examined.
Doubts were raised by the size of the bones, which corresponded to a man of small stature, and according to contemporaries, the Great Navigator was a strong, tall man. But one should take into account that people in those days were generally smaller, the armor of the then mighty knights is hopelessly small for our contemporaries! But the remains in Santo Domingo did not undergo any examination at all. Of course, the bones could be divided, lost or replaced during reburials, but the grave in Seville is more credible.
Doubts were raised by the size of the bones, which corresponded to a man of small stature, and according to contemporaries, the Great Navigator was a strong, tall man. But one should take into account that people in those days were generally smaller, the armor of the then mighty knights is hopelessly small for our contemporaries! But the remains in Santo Domingo did not undergo any examination at all. Of course, the bones could be divided, lost or replaced during reburials, but the grave in Seville is more credible.
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