In which Spanish city did Christopher Columbus die in 1506?

Christopher Columbus died in Valladolid, Spain, in 1506.

He died on 20 May 1506, after returning from his voyages and spending his final years dealing with illness and disputes over the privileges promised to him by the Spanish Crown. Valladolid was significant because the royal court of Ferdinand the Catholic moved from place to place, and Columbus was following the itinerant court when he became gravely ill.

The precise building where he died is uncertain. Some accounts place his final hours in a modest inn, while others associate them with the house of the sailor Gil García, where Columbus may have been staying. His funeral took place at the church of Santa María la Antigua, and he was initially buried in the Franciscan convent in Valladolid.

His remains did not stay there. They were later transferred to Seville, then reportedly to Santo Domingo, Havana and ultimately Seville Cathedral. This movement explains why questions about Columbus’s death city and burial city have different answers. Valladolid is the city of death; Seville is associated with the best-known surviving cathedral tomb, while Santo Domingo remains part of the disputed burial story.