Logbook · 9 places

La leyenda de Ana de Velasco

Marcilla, Ribera Alta, Navarra

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 1 Nature · 1 Activities · 2 Curiosities · 1 Historical milestones

Spain › Chartered Community of Navarre › Ribera Alta › Marcilla › La leyenda de Ana de Velasco

La leyenda de Ana de Velasco

Curiosity · Marcilla, Ribera Alta, Navarra

Image of Marcilla, not of the place itself.

According to local tradition, in 1516 the marchioness Ana de Velasco confronted the Castilian colonel Cristóbal Villalba to prevent the demolition of the castle of Marcilla: after getting the intruders drunk at a banquet, she refused to abandon the fortress and ordered them captured.

1516

Photo: manuela martos (Public domain)

What to see and do in Marcilla