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murallas de Pamplona

Historic stone arch bridge over the Rio Arga in Navarra, Spain
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Pamplona’s River Isn’t Scenery. It’s Why Two of the City’s Walls Never Needed a Moat.

The Rio Arga in Pamplona is not scenery. It is why two city walls never needed a moat, and why Rochapea keeps flooding.
Stone gateway in the Renaissance city walls of Pamplona, Spain
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Pamplona Stayed Inside Its Walls Until 1915, and That Made the City You See Today

Pamplona city walls history without the myths: the 1512 turning point, the Renaissance fortress city, and the 1915 demolition that made modern Pamplona.