The Teruel Lovers
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The fame of the story of the lovers of Teruel goes beyond regional boundaries and is known outside Spain, the tragic love story being comparable to great works such as Romeo and Juliet.
http://www.caiaragon.com/images/leye...NTESTERUEL.jpg The place most visited of Teruel continues to be the lovers’ mausoleum. The monument, carved by the sculptor Juan de Ávalos is still revered by lovers throughout Spain, indicating the enormous significance of the legend, which is said to be based on fact.
Diego de Marcilla, second son of a noble family, and Isabel de Segura, daughter of a wealthy family, loved each other as children and as they grew up their love remained undiminished. Diego wished to ask for her hand in marriage but Isabel’s father, doubting Diego’s ability to provide for his daughter, told him to ask again when he had the wealth necessary to support her. They came to an agreement: Diego would seek his fortune in the crusades and Isabel would wait faithfully for him for five years. During these five years Isabel’s father repeatedly insisted that she marry the powerful Pedro Fernández de Azagra. Isabel stubbornly refused to marry and kept her promise until the end of the five years when she realized that she would have to marry the suitor her father had found. Preparations were made for the wedding which was to take place on the last day of the agreed five years. It was precisely on this day that Diego de Marcilla came back to Teruel, just after the wedding ceremony. Even so he managed to see Isabel alone and asked if he might kiss her. She refused saying that she was now a married woman. Diego died there and then of a broken heart. Isabel came to his funeral the following day wanting to give him the kiss she had refused him the day before for she was still in love with him. She kissed Diego and fainted dead upon his body. .
http://www.caiaragon.com/images/leyendas/amantes.jpg That is the sad story of the lovers of Teruel which is known the world over and is re-enacted every year in Teruel.
© Prames Informartion:
Fundación Amantes de Teruel
The Teruel Lovers - CAI Tourism of Aragon
