PAMPLONA is not only SAN FERMIN: cityscape PHOTOS

PAMPLONA-IRUÑA



parliament reflected in CAN tower
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010298.jpg
new dept. stores u/c
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010297.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010295.jpg
CAN tower from Baluarte square
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010294.jpg
the Baluarte congress centre itself
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010293.jpg
Count Olivetto avenue
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010292.jpg
CAN tower
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010291.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010290.jpg
"Singular" building at the end of the Amy's avenue
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010289.jpg
tower from Yanguas & Miranda (future bus station planned there)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010288.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010287b.jpg
new govt building in the same place
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010286c.jpg
CAN tower again
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010285b.jpg
govt. building
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010284.jpg
CAN tower
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010283.jpg
"singular" building from Fueros Square
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010282.jpg
church in the same place
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010281.jpg
"Rural Bank" tower in Fueros Square (the square by Rafael Moneo, which is from Navarre, that means here)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010280.jpg
apt. tower in the beggining of Abejeras street (my street actually)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010279.jpg
"Rural" tower
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010278.jpg
minimalist blocks succed lately
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010277b.jpg
apt. tower again
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010276.jpg
another "boxblock"
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010275.jpg
the street, gereral view
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/xiker/P1010274b.jpg

You're right : Pamplona-Iruña is not only San Fermin, it is also ugly. ( If only it hadn't neglected its basque heritage instead of converting itself into a sinister and ordinary Spanish town ... )

You're right : Pamplona-Iruña is not only San Fermin, it is also ugly. ( If only it hadn't neglected its basque heritage instead of converting itself into a sinister and ordinary Spanish town ... )



are basque cities more beautyful? "sinister and ordinary spanish town", that was touching! :rofl:
I'm form Gipuzkoa myself and I know Donostia-San Sebastian has no comparison, don't missunderstand me. But it's boring to post the same "perfect photo" everyday, isn't it?

PD: you wouldn't believe how basque pamplona still is ;)


PD: I don't think Pamplona is ugly at all, I love the new 80-90's neigbourhoods, which are not the ones in the photos. This ones are more 50-60-70's neigbourhoods, but I still like them, it's my idea of a dense city.

Nothing too fabulous...

It's still just about the bulls and booze! :D

Nice tahk!
I can't wait for the new pictures ;)

nice i liked de Basque country. i v been to both Bilbao and Donostia, i´ve heard there´s lots of fight between them to be de "capital" of Basque country, am i right?

@Tekno Lx: The fight is more between Bilbao (350000 inhabitants, 950000 in the metro area) and Vitoria-Gasteiz (200000 inhabitants and the Capital of Basque Country). But the fight is not very big, dont think that we are hitting people or something like that XD

Yeah, and Pamplona IT'S NOT the Basque Country :sleepy:

nice i liked de Basque country. i v been to both Bilbao and Donostia, i´ve heard there´s lots of fight between them to be de "capital" of Basque country, am i right?


Actually... there's not any big fight about capitality.

Vitoria is the capital about politics
Bilbao is the capital about economy
SanSebastian is... well, it's San Sebastian! what else does it need! :rofl:

you could say that SS is the capital about culture, I think.

It's not basque-speaking for sure but you can't deny Navarra and its capital are essential in the Basque identity. It just depends on the way you define what is Basque or not. Don't forget that in Roman times, Basque was spoken from Soria to Bordeaux. Just look at the Navarrese or Riojanan toponyms : half of them are undoubtfully basque. Denying that Navarra and noticeably Pamplona have Basque roots is pure revisionism.

I know, but actually they arent :)

It looks modern and also a bit cold, reminds of Scandinavia. Are there no old town district?

The church looks very nice.