Domenico Theotocopulos "El Greco"(1540-1614) lived in Toledo where he painted "The Burial of Count Orgaz" (left) for the "santo Tome's church "(Toledo), where the masterpiece has been hanging since 1588.
The discovery of America brought to the Spanish Empire the expansion of their domain and the creationof an overseas empire.

Hernan Cortes (1485-1547)was the most successful of the conquistadores, and his astute and bold tactics led to the fall of the great Aztec empire of Mexico.
Colombus is received by Isabella and Ferdinand in Barcelona on his first voyage of discovery to the Americas.Colombus returned to the New World three times before he died in1506.
This portrait of King Philip II reveals the complex character of the powerful monarch whose dynastic ambitions finally led him to the disastrous Armada venture and the virtual bankruptcy and decline of Spain.
Charles V ordered a Christian cathedral to be built within the Great Mosque of Cordoba. When the dismayed monarch was shown his unwitting desecration, he sadly exclaimed "You have destroyed what was unique in the world."
Titian's painting of the Hapsburg Emperor, Charles V at Muhlberg in Saxsony in 1547, where he won a great victory, restoring the Catholic faith in Bohemia.