Where Columbus lies

The city of Seville is the place from which Christopher Columbus departed with his armada of three ships to discover the New World.  As a testament to this page of history, there is a tomb contained in the cathedral of that city where his mortal remains lie (or at least part of them).  As the story goes, Columbus returned to Spain with two of the three ships with which he had begun the voyage.  When he died, he was buried, but then his mortal remains were moved (more than once).  As a result, in each of his resting places, a part of his mortal remains remained behind.  The result is that there is only a very little trace of his bone matter which rests in the Giralda in Seville, but regardless, the monument which contains them is none the less grand.

The vaults of the Giralda, Seville

What a grand resting place for one of the most famous explorers in history!

The monument which bears the remains of Christopher Columbus bears the image of a coffin being borne by the rulers of the four ancient kingdoms of Cordoba, Seville, Granada and Andalusia.

Our Mass that day was not celebrated in the Cathedral but rather in the 'neighbourhood church' known simply as the Macarena.  Even though there are strict rules about not taking photographs with flashes in this church, one of the sacristans agreed to take a picture of the group after the Mass was complete.  Was he impressed by the singing, or was it just the fact that we were Canadian?  He turned out to be not too bad at photography too.

I think that this picture might find itself onto the front of the CD once the photos of the trip are compiled ... but that project is still to come.