After three years, the body was transferred to Seville. It was Columbus' wish to be buried in America, and so the coffin containing the explorer's body came to the cathedral in San Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1537. The fate of Columbus' body is not known as is its not present burial place. It was likely returned to Spain in the following centuries. The inhabitants of San Domingo claim that the body never left the island and refuse to have the grave examined.
