El asedio carlista de Villafranca de 1834 Historical milestone · Villafranca, Ribera Alta, Navarra Image of Villafranca, not of the place itself. During the First Carlist War, the troops of Tomás de Zumalacárregui entered Villafranca on 27 November 1834; Liberal families who took refuge in the church tower suffered the siege and the burning of the tower by the Carlists. 27 de noviembre de 1834 Photo: José Ignacio Esnarriaga San José (CC BY 4.0) What to see and do in Villafranca