Charles V
Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556.
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Connected Sites
- Aachen Cathedral: Coronation on 23 october 1520
- Aranjuez: Bought it as hunting grounds
- Cordoba: "The most significant alteration was building a Renaissance cathedral nave in the middle of the structure. It was constructed by permission of Charles V"
- Donana National Park: was the favorite hunting reserve of Charles V
- El Escurial: Place where he's burried
- Granada: Destroyed parts of the Alhambra for his own palace
- Loire Valley: visited the chateaus in 1539 on demand of the king of France
- Mantua and Sabbioneta: stayed at the Palazzo Te on two occasions, in 1530 and 1532
- Potosi: first called "Villa Imperial de Carlos V"
- Toledo: the temporary seat of the supreme power under Charles V, who endowed it with the status of imperial and crowned city
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