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Saturnino, built on the site
where St Saturninus is said
to have baptized some
40,000 pagan townspeople,
and the Baroque town hall
(ayuntamiento).
Beneath the old town wall,
in a 16th-century hospital with
a Plateresque doorway, is the
Museo de Navarra. This is a
The impressive Neo-Classical façade of the Palacio del Gobierno de Navarra museum of regional archae-
ology, history and art. Exhibits
loop in the Río Arga. It was West of the cathedral is the include Roman mosaics and an
built on the foundations of its Old Town, cut through with 11th-century, Islam-inspired
12th-century predecessor, and is many alleys. The Neo-Classical ivory casket. There are murals
mainly Gothic in style, with twin Palacio del Gobierno de painted during the 14th–16th
towers and an 18th-century Navarra lies in the Plaza del centuries, a portrait by Goya,
façade. Inside there are lovely Castillo and is the seat of the and a collection of paintings
choir stalls and the alabaster tomb Navarrese govern ment (not by Basque artists.
of Carlos III and Queen Leonor. open to the public). Outside, To the southeast is the city’s
The southern entrance to the a statue of 1903 shows a massive 16th-century citadel,
cloister is the carved, medieval symbolic woman upholding the erected in Felipe II’s reign. It is
Puerta de la Preciosa. The cathe- fueros (historic laws) of Navarra designed with five bastions in
dral priests would gather here (see p134). North of the palace a star shape. Beyond it are the
to sing an antiphon (hymn) to is the medieval Iglesia de San spacious boulevards of the new
La Preciosa (Precious Virgin) town, and also the university’s
before the night service. green campus.
The Museo Diocesano
in the cathedral’s 14th- P Palacio de Navarra
century kitchen and Avenida Carlos III 2.
refectory displays Tel 848 42 71 27. Open by
Gothic altarpieces, appointment. 7
poly chrome wood E Museo de Navarra
statues from all over Navarra, Cuesta de Santo Domingo s/n.
and a French 13th-century Sculpture in Pamplona Tel 848 42 64 92.
reliquary of the Holy Sepulchre. depicting the encierro Open Tue–Sun. & 7

Pamplona City Centre
1 Museo de Navarra City Walls
2 City walls Estación de RENFE Parque y VERGEL
3 Cathedral 900m (980 yards) Puente de Corralillos Palacio Conv. de las
de Santo
Rochapea
Domingo
VITORIA,
4 Town Hall SAN SEBASTIAN Museo del Virrey Carmelitas Parque
de la
Descalzas
Santo
5 Iglesia de San Saturnino Iglesia de de Navarra Domingo PA L A C I O C ARME N Tejería
D E S CALZOS
6 Palacio de Navarra las Carmelitas C. JARAUTA C. JARAUTA Town Hall
Descalzas
(Ayuntamiento)
Ant. Casa MERCADERES CURIA Cathedral OB IS P O B AR B A Z ÁN BA J AD A DE LAB R I T
Capellanes CALLE MAYOR CO MPAÑÍ A C A L L E D O R M I TA R E L L A
Palacio de Iglesia CALDERERÍA
Iglesia de Ezpeleta de San CHAPITELA BAJADA DE JAVIER Arga
0 metres 250 S. Lorenzo PLAZA DE Saturnino POZO BLANCO M E RCED Arzobispal
S. FRANCISCO Palacio
0 yards 250 CALLE DE Z A PAT E R ÍA PLAZA CALLE DE LA ESTAFETA S. AGUSTÍN
Pal. de los DEL
Vasallo S . N I COL Á S CASTILLO PA S EO Parque de la
TACONERA
S. Nicolás Monumento Palacio D E H EMI NG WAY Media Luna
a los Fueros
PASEO SARASATE
GRAL. CHINCHILLA VÍNCULO San Ignacio CORTES DE de Navarra TOROS
PLAZA
Basílica de
DE
C. DE NAVAS DE TOLOSA
PLAZA
NAVARRA
C AL L E D E EM IL IO AR RIE TA
DEL
AV
CAL L E
Key AVENIDA DEL Estación de Y MIRANDA CALLE YANGUAS EL MAYOR C. SAN IGNACIO RONCESVALLES ENIDA CARLOS III AMAYA OLITE DE ARA LAR
EJERCITO
CAL L E D E
SANCHO
Citadel Autobuses
Bullrunning route PLAZA T E O BAL D OS
CONDE
DE LA OLIVETO PLAZA AVENIDA DE LA
PAZ PRÍNCIPE PLAZA
DE VIANA BAJA NAVARRA DE LAS
MERINDADES
Aeropuerto ZARAGOZA
6 km (4 miles) HUESCA
For keys to symbols see back flap
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