Christopher Columbus is traditionally buried in a cathedral tomb in Seville.
His monument stands inside Seville Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the See. The tomb arrived there in 1899 after the remains had been moved through several locations associated with the Spanish empire. The monument depicts four bearers representing the kingdoms of Castile, León, Aragon and Navarre.
Columbus died in Valladolid in 1506 and was first buried there. His remains were later transferred to the Carthusian monastery of Santa María de las Cuevas in Seville, then reportedly taken across the Atlantic to Santo Domingo. After Spain lost control of Santo Domingo, the remains were moved again, reaching Havana and eventually returning to Seville in the nineteenth century.
The burial history is not entirely free of dispute. Santo Domingo Cathedral also claims to hold Columbus’s remains, and competing identifications have produced a long-running historical debate. Nevertheless, Seville is the standard answer for the famous cathedral tomb visited by tourists and identified in most general reference works. The city’s cathedral also contains the tomb of Columbus’s son, Diego.