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Location Information:
Pamplona is the capital city of
Navarre, Spain and of the former
kingdom of Navarre. The city is
famous worldwide for the San Fermín
festival, from July 7 to 14, in
which the running of the bulls or
encierro is one of the main
attractions. This fiesta, known as
Sanfermines to the local population,
was first brought to widespread
attention by Ernest Hemingway in his
first novel, The Sun Also Rises.
The
Pamplona encierro is the most
popular running of the bulls in
Spain and is broadcast live by two
national television channels. It is
the highest profile event of the San
Fermin festival, which is held every
year from July 7–14. The first bull
running is on July 7, followed by
one on each of the following
mornings of the festival, beginning
every day at 8am.
Being
over eighteen and entering the
itinerary before 7:30 are the main
requirements to participate. Other
prohibitions are to run under the
influence of alcohol, run in the
opposite direction of the running or
inciting the bulls. Pamplona is
located in the middle of Navarre, in
a rounded valley known as the Cuenca
de Pamplona, that links the
mountainous North with the Ebro
valley and is 92 kilometres from the
town of San Sebastián, and 407
kilometres from the capital city of
Madrid. The climate and landscape of
the Cuenca is a transition between
those two main Navarrese
geographical regions. Its central
position at crossroads has served as
a commercial link between those very
different natural parts of Navarre.
The
historical center of Pamplona is on
the right bank of the Arga, a
tributary of the Ebro. The city has
developed on both sides of the
river. Its climate is Oceanic with
influences of Continental
Mediterranean.
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