Palace of the Kings of Navarre

The Palace of the Kings of Navarre, which today serves as the Royal and General Archive of Navarre, is located in Pamplona, capital of Navarre (Spain). It has also been known as the Palace of San Pedro or the Palace of the Navarrería.

This building began as a palace of the Kings in the 12th century. After a royal donation, it became an episcopal residence. After the Conquest of Navarre in the 16th century it became the residence of the Viceroys. Later, for thirty years, it housed the Captaincy General and then the Military Government until 1971. After a long period of abandonment during the last quarter of the 20th century, it was renovated in 2003 by Rafael Moneo to convert it into the Royal and General Archive of Navarre.

Machine-translated from “Palacio de los Reyes de Navarra” on the Spanish Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Palace of the Kings of Navarre ranks #4,800 of 8,764 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #207 of the 610 mapped in Spain. Founded c. 1150, it is older than 82% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 593 atlas entries founded in the 12th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,049 times in the last 60 days, more than 50% of the atlas. 3 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Vitoria-Gasteiz, 84 km away. See how Spain compares in the castle statistics.

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