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Los Amantes de Teruel by Muñoz Degrain
El Torico
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Ornamentation in the Paseo del Óvalo.Los Amantes de Teruel
The lovers of Teruel, Isabel de Segura and Diego de Marcilla, belonged to important families in the city. The two young fell in love. As Diego was the second son, he had not wealthy to offer, so he departed to build up a fortune to be able to marry Isabel. There were no news of Diego in five years, so Isabel's father married her to Don Pedro de Azagra.
Right after the wedding ceremony, Diego de Marcilla returned with great riches and with the intent of marrying Isabel. Diego ran to the feet of Isabel and pleaded her for a kiss but Isabel refused as she was already married. Then Diego with a sigh died on the feet of his beloved Isabel. The next day, during the funeral for Diego, Isabel showed up dressed in her wedding dress. She walked to the front of the church and gave to Diego the kiss she had denied. Suddenly she died, falling prostrate on the body of the man she loved.
This unlucky event happened in 1217. In 1555, two mummies were found out in Saint Peter’s church, under the chapel of Saints Cosmas and Damian. Along the centuries, the mummies have been exposed in different ways. Finally, Juan de Ávalos sculpted the tombs of the lovers and since 2005 they rest in the new Mausoleum in a building attached to Saint Peter’s church.
