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	Pamplona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pamplona (Basque: Iruñea or Iruña) is the capital city of Navarre, Spain.
		From 409, however, Pamplona was controlled by the Visigoths; it was conquered by the Franks under Childebert in 542 and served as an episcopal see from the end of the seventh century.
		Pamplona has maintained the medieval layout of the town and its star fort, but the rural center of about 28,886 in 1900 has expanded to include suburbs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pamplona (969 words)

	Meet the Public University of Navarre
		The capital of Navarre, historically the capital of the kingdom, is situated in the centre of the community, half way between the Mountain and the Riverside zone, on the route to France, Aragón and Castile.
		Pamplona and its most immediate districts concentrate half of Navarre´s population as well as great part of the industrial and commercial resources.
		Pamplona is not only an industrial and commercial city but also a city of services.
	www.unavarra.es /english/pamplona.htm (594 words)

	AllRefer.com - Pamplona, Spain & Portugal (Spanish And Portuguese Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		An ancient city of the Basques, it was repeatedly captured (5th–9th cent.) by the Visigoths, the Franks, and the Moors, but none of the conquerors : not even Charlemagne, who took it in 778 and razed its walls : exercised control for long.
		Pamplona remained the capital of Navarre until 1512, when Ferdinand V united the major part of Navarre with Castile.
		In the Peninsular War, Pamplona was taken (1808) by the French and (1813) by the English.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Pamplona.html (293 words)

	Pamplona, Cagayan
		Pamplona is a small picturesque town situated along the northern part of Cagayan.
		Bounded on then north by the Pamplona River, on the east by the Agusi River, on the South by the Bagu River, and on the west by the Mountain Ranges, the place called Abbangkeruan was once an idle forest covered area inhabited by the Negritoes locally known as "Atta" who speaks a distinct dialect (Ibanag).
		As the land they cleared was separated from the town of Pamplona by the Pamplona River, Agapito Durante built a boat to ferry people from the Centro to a area and vice versa.
	home.comcast.net /~iifurung/pamplonacagayan/history.htm (5608 words)

	Pamplona \| Navarra \| Sanfermines Pamplona
		In 1794 Pamplona was besieged and in 1808 occupied by Napoleon's troops who remained in the city until it was liberated at the end of the War for Independence in 1813.
		Population growth (by 1900 Pamplona had a population of 28,886) meant that the city began to have serious problems of space, since expansion was limited by the city walls.
		And yet it was during the sixties that Pamplona experienced its greatest period of demographic, urbanistic and economic growth, with the population increasing to 97,000.
	www.spanish-living.com /regional/Navarra_Pamplona.htm (1360 words)

	Pamplona.Spain
		Capital of the Navarre province, Pamplona embodies the region's diversity in its architecture, culture and cuisine, which combines various remnants of the Visigoth, Frank and Moor would-be conquerors who passed through the city.
		Hundreds of thousands of bon vivants line the streets, watching as the bulls are released from their corrals early in the morning to run down a cordoned route to the bull ring where they face professional matadors later in the day.
		Not a year goes by that someone isn't severely injured, and in 1995 Pamplona made worldwide headlines when an American youth was gored to death, the 13th runner to be fatally gored since 1924.
	www.spainguides.com /pamplona.html (307 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pamplona
		It is matter of tradition in the churches of Pamplona, Toledo, and Toulouse (France), that St. Saturninus, disciple of St. Peter, sent from Toulouse the priest Honestus to preach to the inhabitants of Navarre, and later came in person.
		It was not known with certainty whether the Arabs succeeded in establishing themselves in Pamplona (Ferreras affirms and Moret denies it); at all events, there is no record of a Bishop of Pamplona from the Saracen invasion until the reign of Opilanus (829).
		In 1317 Jimeno III, Garcia being bishop, Pamplona, formerly a suffragan of Tarragona, became a suffragan of Saragossa.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11437a.htm (1290 words)

	runswithscissors: blah blah blah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		I grabbed a taxi, as we approached the city, Pamplona revealed itself to be a long, modestly-sized stretch of urban sprawl skirting foothills.
		The narrow streets of Pamplona were nice to wander at that hour, with atmosphere to burn and few folks about.
		My last view of Pamplona, from a plane angling up away from the ground: a line of wind power generators ranged along a ridge of hills to the north of the airport, extending off toward the Pyrenees and the border with France.
	www.runswith.com /pamplona.html (6041 words)

	Pamplona in Spain - a guide and tourist information on Pamplona
		Pamplona (also known as Iruna) is located within the region of Navarre.
		Pamplona became the region's capital in the 10th century and during the reign of Charles III it gained a cathedral.
		The heart of Pamplona is Plaza del Castillo, formerly the bullring, built in 1847.
	www.idealspain.com /Pages/Places/Pamplona.htm (388 words)

	Pamplona - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		An ancient city of the Basques, it was repeatedly captured (5th-9th cent.) by the Visigoths, the Franks, and the Moors, but none of the conquerors—not even Charlemagne, who took it in 778 and razed its walls—exercised control for long.
		Pamplona Capital Management Launches an Emerging Market Fund of Hedge Funds.
		In Pamplona, a mix of men, bulls, wine and blood.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Pamplona.html (353 words)

	Pamplona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The vicar named it "Pamplona" in memory of his hometown, Pamplona in Spain.
		This is the reason why the town fiesta is celebrated for two days and the images of the two patron saints are carried during religious processions.
		In 1928, on the sixth year of the administration of municipal president Paulino Ifurung, one of his last acts was the transfer of the municipal government back to its old site, Pamplona, by then called "Albano".
	elgu.ncc.gov.ph /ecommunity/cagayan/pamplona.htm (339 words)

	Pamplona, Cagayan
		Pamplona is the result of the fusion of two villages; Abulacan (now barrio San Juan) and Masi.
		After the fusion, an agreement was made that there would be two patron saints of Pamplona: San Juan Nepomuceno and San Pedro de Martir.
		In 1919, some of the prominent people of Pamplona recommended the transfer of the same to Bidduang, a barrio of Pamplona.
	home.comcast.net /~iifurung/pamplonacagayan/information.htm (442 words)

	abba Reino de Navarra hotel ***
		Welcome to Pamplona, a cozy and simple city, where the old coexists with the modern.
		Pamplona’s current cathedral, of gothic style, was built on top of the ruins of an ancient Romanesque cathedral pulled down in 1391.
		Pamplona may boast about being one of the European cities with the largest green area: a 4-million-square-meter garden.
	www.abbareinodenavarrahotel.com /i-pamplona.htm (839 words)

	CNN.com - Four injured in Pamplona bull run - Jul. 8, 2003
		Two Americans and an Australian were gored by bulls Tuesday in the second day of the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona.
		Dallas Hatchcock, 27, of Los Angeles, was gored in the left arm and sent for surgery to Virgen del Camino Hospital in Pamplona, the official said.
		The tradition dates back 400 years in Pamplona and was made popular worldwide when Ernest Hemingway wrote about it in the 1920s.
	edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/07/08/pamplona (472 words)

	Pamplona Bull Running - San Fermin
		An alternative to staying in Pamplona where it is very difficult to find a hotel is to stay in a hotel in San Sebastian and make the trip to the bull run from there.
		The interest which they arouse today is so great that the amount of people that come is one of the main problems of the Sanfermines which, in the last century, have incorporated new elements such as the Riau-Riau, the Chupinazo or the cultural program.
		The bull run is the most well known act of the Sanfermines and the reason why so many strangers make their way to Pamplona on the 6th of July.
	www.spanish-fiestas.com /spanish-festivals/pamplona-bull-running-san-fermin.htm (1514 words)

	Pamplona: Sightseeing
		They are, in a way, the backbone of the town and serve to the visitor as orientation for his walks through Pamplona.
		In the beautiful Tejera Park, close to the most monumental part of Pamplona, there are the towers of the town-walls and the square of Plaza de Santa Maria la Real, with the baroque Archieopiscopal Palais.
		Pamplona originally consisted of three small fortificated towns ("burgos"), which frequently were in war one with each other.
	www.red2000.com /spain/pamplona/sight.html (539 words)

	CNN - Running of the bulls brings the rush of danger - July 7, 1996 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		PAMPLONA, Spain (CNN) -- The rocket fired Sunday, and three minutes of madness began: six bulls running pell-mell down narrow cobblestone streets, chasing thousands who had come to take part in Pamplona's annual running of the bulls.
		The bulls are set loose every day of the nine-day festival to run the 825 yards between their corral and Pamplona's bullfighting arena.
		Pamplona Mayor Javier Chourrat acknowledged that beginners often pose as great a danger to experienced runners as to themselves.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9607/07/spain.pamplona (393 words)

	Pamplona Accommodation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Está situado muy cerca del centro de Pamplona, perfectamente comunicado por autobús urbano, del que hay una parada justamente en el portal del edificio, a pocos metros de la estación de tren y en una zona recientemente reformada que goza de un ambiente muy tranquilo.
		It is ideal for staying from a few weeks till several months long, prepared for travellers to Pamplona for work or any other reason, and for people that try to escape from long stays at hotels and enjoy having their own flat when travelling.
		It is very close to Pamplona´s city centre, well connected by buses, which have an stop at the very front of the building.
	www.pamplona-accommodation.com (257 words)

	RedOrbit - Oddities - Spanish Man Is Gored in Pamplona (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		PAMPLONA, Spain - A Spanish man was gored in the leg Monday as hundreds of thrill-seekers ran through the streets of Pamplona alongside six enormous bulls.
		A 32-year-old Pamplona native had to have surgery on his left thigh after being gored, Lopez said.
		He was thrown by one of five young cows set free in the Pamplona bull ring for people to taunt and dodge.
	www.redorbit.com /news/oddities/565165/spanish_man_is_gored_in_pamplona/?source=r_oddities (414 words)

	Pamplona Adventure Travel - Pamplona Travel Guide
		In its historic core, the Pamplona of legend lives on, but the city has been engulfed by modern real-estate development.
		The saving grace of new Pamplona is La Taconera, a spacious green swath of fountain-filled gardens and parkland west of the old quarter where you will see students from the University of Navarre.
		Pamplona became the capital of Navarre in the 10th century.
	away.com /destination-overview/Pamplona-6143-travel-guide.html (527 words)

	CNN.com - Thousands run with Pamplona bulls - Jul. 7, 2003
		Thousands of daredevils sprinted with the bulls through Pamplona as the first run of the annual San Fermin festival passed off largely without injury.
		The cobblestone streets of Pamplona were slick with morning dew as six fighting bulls and six steers set out from a corral along the 825-meter course through the city's old quarter to the bull ring.
		Thousands packed the historic square in front of Pamplona town hall on Sunday for the "chupinazo," the firing of the rocket that is the starting gun for a week of revelry.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/europe/07/07/pamplona/index.html (507 words)

	Pamplona / Irunea, Spain
		The ancient city of Pamplona, chief town of the province of Navarra and the most important town in the Spanish Pyrenees, lies on a hill above the left bank of the Río Arga, at the western end of the Pyrenees.
		The settlement of Pompaelo, which became Pamplona, is said to have been founded by the Roman general Cn.
		These conflicts were finally settled in 1423, but the inhabitants of Pamplona maintained their stout resistance to any aggressor, as the Castilians found out in 1512 and the French in 1808.
	www.planetware.com /spain/pamplona-irunea-e-nav-pamp.htm (316 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Magazine \| The last person killed at Pamplona
		For most of the year, Pamplona is just like any other Spanish provincial town.
		But in July Pamplona is transformed into the focus of a cosmopolitan bacchanal.
		Having spent a few days in the cooler air of the Spanish Pyrenees, I arrived in town on the afternoon of 12 July 1995, and made my way to the start of the bull run, a corral near the church of San Domingo.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/magazine/4679751.stm (942 words)

	Pamplona hotels. Save up to 60% off rates on all hotels in Pamplona
		The newly constructed AC Zizur Mayor Hotel Pamplona is located in the university and hospital area of Pamplona.
		The property is only 3 minutes away from the city centre with an easy access to the highway and industrial zone.
		Located in the suburb, NH Iruna Park Hotel Pamplona is just minute's away from the city's historic centre and the University...
	www.hotelclub.net /hotel.reservations/Pamplona.htm (197 words)

	Pamplona — Infoplease.com
		, Pamplona was taken (1808) by the French and (1813) by the English.
		La música es tan esencial como el encierro en las fiestas de Pamplona.
		Atrapados por la magia de los sanfermines.(festividades en Pamplona, España)(TT: Trapped by the magic of San Fermin.)(TA: festivities......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0837438.html (336 words)

	CNN.com - Four gored by Pamplona bulls - Jul 9, 2004
		PAMPLONA, Spain (CNN) -- Four men were gored on Thursday, including an American and a Briton, in the third day of the annual running of the bulls in Pamplona, a Navarra regional government spokesman told CNN.
		Pamplona official pamphlets on how to run with the bulls advise runners who fall down to stay on the ground, curl into a small position, and remain still, because the bulls will instinctively try to step over them.
		The running of the bulls in Pamplona started 400 years ago and became popular worldwide after Ernest Hemingway wrote about it in the 1920s.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/europe/07/09/pamplona.bulls/index.html (467 words)

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