Then he walked the crowd toward the oldest cathedral in the Americas, dating back to 1504. Pope Julius II commissioned Cathedral of Santa María de la Encarnación. The Gothic design features a warm-colored coral limestone. The double-eagle relief above the arches at the Great Gate is the coat of arms of Charles V as the Holy Roman Emperor and Charles I while the king of Spain. From 1542 until 1795, the remains of Christopher Columbus were interred within Catedral Primada de América.
