Pamplona Catedral
Pamplona's main catedral stands on a rise just inside the city ramparts amid a dark thicket of narrow streets. The cathedral is a late-medieval Gothic gem spoiled only by its rather dull neo-classical façade, an 18th-century appendage. The vast interior reveals some fine artefacts, including a silver-plated Virgin and the splendid 15th-century tomb of Carlos III of Navarra and his wife Doña Leonor. The real joy is the Gothic cloister where there is marvellous delicacy in the stonework.
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La Ciudadela
The old walls of this grand fortified citadel lurk amid the grass and trees and are a fine example of military architecture from the Spanish Renaissance. On the orders of King Philip II in 1571, the citadel was built to protect the city from persistent French incursions. Today it's at the heart of a charming park that lends the city a beautiful green escape.
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Monasterio de Leyre
The Monastery of Leyre has an infrastructure to make tourist visits over the years, discovering the art and history of this monument.
Dependiendo de la temporada y de la afluencia de los visitantes, existe un plan de visitas con un recorrido guiado de la Cripta, Patio de la Hospedería, Iglesia y Puerta Speciosa Depending on the season and the influx of visitors, there is a plan of visits with a guided tour of the Crypt, the Hospedería Patio, Gate Church and Speciosa
Para un mejor servicio, los grupos deberán concertar el día y la hora de la visita con las guías turísticas del Monasterio. For best service, the groups should make the day and time of visit to the Monastery of the tourist guides.
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Museo de Navarra
The Museum of Navarre, founded in 1956, is a regional institution dependent on the Government of Navarre. It is housed in the old Our Lady of Mercy Hospital located on the edge of the old part of Pamplona next to the city walls. The only elements of the original building still intact are the faáde and the church, both dating back to the XVIth century. The building was reconditioned recently by the architects, Garcés and Soria, and inaugurated in 1990.
The artefacts exhibited here are a sample of Navarre's rich heritage from prehistory to present times. The collections were started by the Commission for Historical and Artistic Monuments of Navarre, constituted in 1860. This work was carried on by the "Príncipe de Viana" Institution, created by the Government of Navarre in 1940 to protect, restore and research the Artistic and Archaeological Patrimony of Navarre.
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