page_title: Citadel of Pamplona
section_title: The Citadel Today
hierarchical_section_title: Citadel of Pamplona / The Citadel Today
caption_attribution_description: Español: Ciudadela de Pamplona (España)
context_page_description: The Citadel of Pamplona or The New Castle is an old military renaissance fort, constructed between the 16th and 17th centuries in the city of Pamplona, the capital of the Navarre Community. At present a large part of the fort it is still standing in a public park with cultural activities taking place in its buildings.
  In 2015, UNESCO's approval for the further development of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela in Spain, Spain sent "Retrospective Inventory – Associated Componenets" documentation to where the Pamplona Citadel is located at No. 180.
context_section_description: In 1964, the town of Pamplona was no longer used by the military. The military part of Pamplona was turned into a popular park (known in Spanish as  La Planta de la Ciudadela) with the old military buildings being used for cultural events.
  Some buildings located in the inner section of the park are preserved.  These historic military buildings were taken care of after the city received the fortified enclosure that surrounds the park.
  The following buildings were;
  The ammunition dump of 1694 by Torelli.
  The warehouse for mixed goods, renovated by Ignacio Sala in 1720.
  The artillery room was designed by the well-known engineer Jorge Próspero Verboom in 1725. Próspero was also the designer of the citadel of Barcelona.
  Currently the park is located in the centre of the city. The park is surrounded on all sides by another famous park in Pamplona known as Vuelta del Castillo, which has remained the largest area for greenery in Pamplona throughout the years with no military buildings being built in this area.
  After the installation of the parks to the city in combination with the historical military park (known in Spanish as La Planta de la Ciudadela), including outside spaces it adds up to a total area of 275,840m₂ which was made official on July 23, 1966.  Various possibilities were suggested for the purpose that should be given to it. In order to resolve this, an enquiry was launched in 1971 in different parts of the city.  The result of this enquiry was that the military park along with the adjacent land, such as "the green areas with restored historical buildings" were to be given regular maintenance.  It was proposed that these areas were the most valued areas of the city and as such it was suggested to leave these areas to be exclusively an area untouched by the construction of new buildings. The area was only to be habituated to a small "medieval city" or used for sports events.
  In 1972, the City Council decided to leave the old artillery building where it was originally located (next to Yanguas and Miranda street at the eastern end of the Citadel where the bus station has now been built) in order to respect the surroundings of the fort. In December, the council requested for the government to declare the military park as a Natural Historic-Artistic Monument.  The request was granted the following year, thanks to decree 332 on February 8 in 1973.
  The Citadel was designed to be a perfect five-pointed star pentagon. However, at the end of the 19th and at the beginning of the 20th century, the strongholds of Saint Anthony and Victoria (the two pointed towards the centre of the city) were partially demolished. This was done to allow the construction of the first residential expansion of Pamplona. With some new houses and new barracks outside the city walls, as well as the street, Avenida del Ejército in 1971, it determined its current shape.
  The House of Congress and the Auditorium of Navarre (an autonomous community located in a province in northern Spain) were built on the remains of the Saint Anthony stronghold.  In November 2007, the city had finished building the new bus station in Pamplona. The station was constructed and buried under a glacis, next to the citadel.
caption: The fortified door of Socorro, where there were numerous murders of the defenders of the Second Republic, being victims of the Civil War in Navarre
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