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Palacio Real de Olite

Olite/Erriberri, Zona Media, Navarra

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Palacio Real de Olite

Monument · Olite/Erriberri, Zona Media, Navarra

Carlos III the Noble expanded the existing castle at the end of the 14th and beginning of the 15th century, turning it into a royal palace, in Gothic style with French influences —towers, large windows, and balconies— combined with tilework and plasterwork of Iberian tradition. In 1813, during the Peninsular War, the guerrilla leader Espoz y Mina ordered it burned to prevent its use by French troops. After 19th-century abandonment, a 1923 competition commissioned its restoration to the architects José and Javier Yárnoz, with work beginning in 1937. It was declared a Monumento Nacional (National Monument, the heritage protection category used in Spain until 1931) together with the church of Santa María on 17 January 1925, and it is today a Bien de Interés Cultural (Spain's highest level of heritage protection). Part of the complex functions as a Parador Nacional (state-run hotel).

siglos XIV-XV; Monumento Nacional 17 de enero de 1925

Photo: Rosa del desierto (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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