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What to see and do in Artajona

What to see and do in Artajona (Valdizarbe-Novenera, Navarra): 6 places across monuments, nature, activities and curiosities, with a photo and a Google Maps location.

1 Villages · 3 Monuments · 2 Activities

When to go to Artajona: festival calendar

September: Fiestas de la Virgen de Jerusalén (September 7-15)
November: San Saturnino y la carrera de las layas (November 29)

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What to see and do in Artajona

Artajona
Village
A walled town of the Valdizarbe with close to 1,800 inhabitants, famous for its medieval precinct. Between 1144 and 1158, together with Olite, Larraga, Cebror, and Miranda de Arga, it was among the towns received as dowry by García Ramírez, king of Pamplona, upon marrying Urraca, daughter of Alfonso VII of Castile.
El Cerco de Artajona
Monument
An 11th-century walled precinct begun in 1085 by the canons of San Saturnino de Tolosa, to whom the bishop of Pamplona, Pedro de Roda, granted Artajona, and completed in 1109. It originally had fourteen square crenellated towers linked by a wall-walk, nine of which survive, along with two of its three original gates (San Miguel and Remagua). It is the best-preserved fortified precinct of the former kingdom of Navarre.
Iglesia fortificada de San Saturnino
Monument
Built in the 13th century within the Cerco (walled enclosure), it is the parish church of Artajona and forms part of the defensive system of the walled precinct.
Dólmenes del Portillo de Enériz y de Farangortea
Monument
About 4 km from the town, at a Bronze Age settlement, two dolmens are preserved: that of the Portillo de Enériz, with a funerary chamber of nine vertical slabs and a corridor of six, and that of the Mina de Farangortea, of similar structure but smaller, with a perforated slab at the back. Around both, necklace beads, arrowheads, copper awls, buttons, pottery, and axes were found, now in the Museo de Navarra. It is the southernmost dolmen group in Navarre.
Fiestas de la Virgen de Jerusalén
Activity
From 7 to 15 September, Artajona celebrates its patron saint festival in honor of the Virgen de Jerusalén, patron saint of the village, whose carving is venerated in the hermitage of the same name.
San Saturnino y la carrera de las layas
Activity
On 29 November, the feast of San Saturnino, Artajona celebrates the traditional "gran carrera de las layas" (great spade-race), in addition to the ringing of the two bells of the Cerco, which are swung on festival days.