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Pamplona is a city in northern Spain, founded by the Roman general Pompey in 75 BC. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Navarre and is famous for its San Fermín festival, its cathedral, its city walls and its football club Osasuna.
- Ciudadela de Pamplona
- Pamplona Cathedral
- Plaza Del Castillo
- Museo de Navarra
- Iglesia de San Saturnino
- Iglesia de San Nicolás
- Running of The Bulls
- Chupinazo
- San Fermín Procession
- Urbasa Andía Natural Park
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. Construction began in the 1570s and wasn’t completed until 1645, although extensions were made in 1685 to bolster the outer walls. And after that, well, not much happened! It ne...
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. This was demolished when the Moors arrived, and put back up after the city was taken, before it collapsed and was replaced by another romanesque cathedral th...
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). It’s just south of the old town (San Cernin), between the former medieval settlements of San Nicolas and Navarrería. The square is arcaded on all sides in the typical Spanish renaissance style, with ...
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. Inside this gorgeous renaissance hospital are large chunks of the romanesque cathedral’s stonework, including the elaborately carved capitals that stood atop the pillars of a long-lost cloister....
As we’ve seen, Pamplona didn’t start out as one city; it was a set of three neighbouring “burgos” (villages or boroughs) and none of them really got on very well with each other! The proof can be seen at this 13th-century gothic church, which was the parish of San Cernin. If it looks a bit like a fort then this isn’t a coincidence as this church ha...
From there you should make the five-walk down to the parish of San Nicolás, whose medieval church is just as well-defended. This building has a reinforced watchtower with turrets on each corner. Originally there were three towers on this gothic 13th-century church, which was built after a deliberate fire had destroyed the old romanesque building on...
This is the spectacle that most people associate with the city, first brought to foreign attention by Hemingway’s classic The Sun Also Rises. It’s part of the San Fermín Festival that starts on the 6th of July and runs to the 14th. Bull-runs are held daily to the end of the festival and have taken place for at least 250 years. Six fighting bulls an...
At noon on the 6th of July is the emblematic opening of the festivities, held from the balcony of the Ayuntamiento (Town Hall). The tens of thousands gathered in the square below will hold their red neckerchiefs in the air with two hands and join in chants praising Saint Fermín, before a firework is lit to signal the start of the festival. The even...
At 10.00 on the 7th of July a long procession leaves the Church of San Lorenzo and winds through Pamplona in honour of Saint Fermín. It’s another of the essential events during the festival because of its sense of ceremony and the enthusiasm of the gathered crowds. All sorts of musicians march through the streets, including the city’s official bras...
An hour west of Pamplona is where two mountain ranges, the Urbasa and Andía meet. In between the high ground is an elevated corridor of green pastures and mossy beech forest. It’s an idyllic landscape that is lush with vegetation and is the source of several of the region’s rivers. The karstic geology of the park also creates some stunning natural ...
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