Teruel in the 1200s. Diego and Isabel were madly in love with each other, but their romance was doomed unless he could prove himself worthy to her father. Diego convinced this Don Pedro to give him five years to make his fortune and return triumphant. He promised Isabel he would come back for her. Isabel waited those five years for Diego, yet never heard a word from him. Don Pedro wasted no time in arranging a marriage for his daughter, which was held the very next day. Although he would enter the city gates of Teruel laden with gold, Diego was devastated when he learned that Isabel had already gotten married. Heartbroken, he came to Isabel’s quarters at night, “kiss me, for I am dying”. Isabel refused, saying that she was now a married woman, and Diego died at her feet. The next day at the funeral, Isabel pushed back the coffin’s veil, kissing Diego and giving him in death the kiss she had denied him in life. Instantly she died, embracing the body of her deceased lover.
Legend of the Teruel Lovers
