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Pamplona (Spanish: ⓘ; Basque: Iruña) is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. Lying at near 450 m (1,480 ft) above sea level, the city (and the wider Cuenca de Pamplona) is located on the flood plain of the Arga river, a second-order tributary of the Ebro.
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- Ciudadela de Pamplona. In the Vuelta del Castillo Park is this renaissance-era citadel, which shows off the flat star-shaped design that took shape after gunpowder was adopted by European armies.
- Pamplona Cathedral. The site of this 15th-century cathedral has got a pretty eventful history. This spot was the centre of the Roman town of Pompaelo, and it was here that its first Christian cathedral was built.
- Plaza del Castillo. Pamplona’s main square is such a big part of the city’s social life that it’s often described by locals as their “cuarto de estar” “(the living room).
- Museo de Navarra. Some intriguing fragments from Pamplona’s earliest cathedral are on show at this museum that casts light on the entire human history of the Navarre region.
Pamplona, capital of both the provincia (province) and the comunidad autónoma (autonomous community) of Navarra, northeastern Spain. It lies on the western bank of the Arga River in the fertile La Cuenca region. Situated in an irrigated cereal-producing area, Pamplona is a flourishing agricultural.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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More than just a stage for the annual “Running of the Bulls” festival, Pamplona offers a rich taste of Spain’s northern Navarre region. Medieval walls surround a walkable old town, where Basque-style tapas bars rub shoulders with Gothic cathedrals and abundant green spaces.
