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Beyond the serene courtyard and its statue of Columbus lie a succession of splendid marbled and chandeliered rooms, some housing old cannonballs and coaches, others decked out in gilded furnishings.
Columbus married Felipa Moniz Perestrelo, the daughter of the first Governor of Porto Santo, Bartolomeu Perestrelo.
Rounding what is now known as the Cape of Good Hope, da Gama found what Columbus had been searching for in 1492 (although in the wrong direction): the sea-route to the lucrative spices of the East.
Since it is Columbus Day, we are in "holiday routine"; no reveille.
The Rambla ends at the broad open space facing the Monument à Colom, a statue honoring the discoverer Christopher Columbus (Colom in Catalan) that can be climbed for good views of the port.