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They are four granite sculptures that represent quadrupeds, identified as bulls or boars, and are attributed a magical-religious function to promote, according to say, the fertility and protection of livestock
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On October 19, 1469, Prince Fernando of Aragon and Princess Isabel of Castile were married in Valladolid.
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Warlike conflict that took place from 1475 to 1479 by the succession of the Crown of Castile between the supporters of Juana de Trastámara, daughter of the late King Enrique IV of Castile, and those of Isabel, the latter's half-sister.
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Fernando, after arduous discussions with the suspicious Castilian nobility, managed to be recognized as king with the same rights as Isabel I of Castile, who would also be called the Catholic.
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Territorial expansion in the Iberian Peninsula
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War of Granada (1482-1492)
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Isabel died for uterine cancer
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Melilla, Bujía, Oran, Bona
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conquist of navarra
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At 63 years of age, Fernando died in Madrigalejo
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Heir: Carlos V of Spain (1516- 1556)
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• One of the most powerful monarchy in Europe
• NOT a political union: Both crowns kept law, institutions, borders and currency
• Common policies and the same foreign policy
