Isabel La Católica station
Metro · 1 Line 1
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- 1Line 1Salto del Agua Isabel La Católica Pino Suárez
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The story behind the icon
The station image shows one of the caravels of Christopher Columbus.
Isabella the Catholic was born in 1451 and died in 1504, having been queen of Castile from 1474 until her death. In 1469 she married Ferdinand.
In 1479 Ferdinand was proclaimed king of Aragon, and so began the reign of the Catholic Monarchs, a decisive step towards Spanish unity and one of the most significant episodes in the history of Spain (the end of the Reconquest, the discovery of America, the annexation of Navarre, economic reorganisation, a cultural renaissance, the establishment of the Inquisition, the expulsion of the Jews, and so on).
Through the efforts of her confessor Juan Pérez, prior of the Monastery of La Rábida (province of Huelva), she granted financial support to the Genoese sailor Christopher Columbus so that he might find a new and shorter route to the Indies.
The voyage ended with the discovery of America on 12 October 1492. Isabella made grave mistakes, among the most notable the establishment of the Inquisition in Spain and the expulsion of all the Jews. For those reasons the people gave her the epithet the Catholic.