Charles V
Holy Roman Emperor from 1519 to 1556.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| 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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