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PamplonaGeneral information Pamplona is a pleasant city with a lot of green areas. There are around 200.000 inhabitants and it is crossed by three rivers: Arga, Alorz and Sader. It is situated in the Cuenca of Pamplona (valley) and it is completely surrounded by mountains. Its geographic location conditioned directly its Mediterranean and Atlantic climate: not too cold not to hot. Pamplona is well situated among the cities of the North: France is at less than 1h, San Sebastian is at 87kms, Logrono at 92 kms, Vitoria at 94 kms. The area served as a camp for the Roman general Pompey. He is considered to be the founder of Pompaelo. From 409, however, Pamplona was controlled by the Visigoths; it was conquered by the Franks. From the eighth century, it was run by the Moors. After his expedition to Zaragoza in 778, Charlemagne tore down the defensive walls surrounding Pamplona. By the 11th century, Pamplona benefited from pilgrimages to Santiago de Compostela, and gave rise to new city areas beside the original Navarreria site: the “Burgo de San Cernin” and the village of "San Nicolás". These three independent towns, being placed so close together, were almost always engaged in quarrels among themselves, until the King of Navarre Charles III the Noble united all of them into the single city of today by the "Privilegio de la Unión" signed in 1423. In 1512 southern Navarra was invaded and assimilated by the Kingdom of Castile and became an autonomous kingdom, with its own institutions and laws, but ruled by the King of Castile first and later by the King of Spain The city did not escape the regional wars of the 19th century. During Napoleonic Wars French troops occupied the city in 1808 and remained in it until 1813. During the Carlist Wars (1833, 1872) Pamplona supported the Isabelian monarchy, as opposed to rural Navarra which fought in favor of the pretender to the throne, Don Carlos. For some Basque nationalists, Pamplona is the historical capital of Eukal Herria (country of Euskera or in a word Basque Country). What are you looking for in Pamplona? | ||
