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Catalina de Navarra, last queen of independent Navarra, 16th century portrait
History & Culture

Fernando el Católico Didn’t Conquer an Empty Throne. Pamplona Had a Queen, and He Erased Her Name.

Fernando el Católico didn't conquer an empty throne in 1512. Catalina de Navarra was still Navarra's queen, and this is the story of her fall.
Garden path and hedges in Parque de la Taconera, Pamplona's oldest park
Pamplona Travel Guide

Taconera’s Deer Aren’t Roaming Free. Every One in the Park Is Female.

Parque de la Taconera deer aren't wild. Pamplona keeps the herd all-female inside 17th-century siege walls, and the reason is pure genetics.
Towers of the Palacio Real de Olite, court of the Kingdom of Navarra, Navarra, Spain
Navarra & Northern Spain

The Kingdom of Navarra Didn’t End in 1512. It Survived Another 329 Years.

The kingdom of Navarra was born in Pamplona in 824 and did not legally end until 1841. The real history, from Sancho III to the