The Lovers of Teruel
At the beginning of the 13th century, Isabel de Segura and Juan Diego de Marcilla lived in the town of Teruel, and this young pair loved each other. Juan Diego was poor and Isabela’s father was rich and would not allow them to marry. So Juan Diego went off to war to make his fortune. Isabel promised to wait for him for 5 years. The same day that the time limit was up, Isabel’s father forced her to marry another man who came from Albarracin. On that same day Juan Diego arrived and heard the news. He went to Isabel’s house and asked her for a kiss, which she denied him, since she was already married. He died immediately of a broken heart. The next day the funeral of Juan Diego took place and a woman in black arrived (Isabel) and went to the Church of San Pedro to the casket to kiss the dead man on his lips. She then fell dead after the kiss. The people of the town decided to bury the couple together after seeing this demonstration of love.