September 08, 2023: King Felipe and Queen Letizia attended the commemoration of the 6th Centenary of The Privilege of The Union in Pamplona
Children have approached Their Majesties to give them the traditional red scarf, which the Queen put on around her neck at first and, later on, has placed on the King's neck.
September 08, 2023: King Felipe and Queen Letizia attended the commemoration of the 6th Centenary of The Privilege of The Union in Pamplona
The Privilege of the Union
The Privilege of the Union is the treaty by which the three main towns that formed the city of Pamplona in the Middle Ages were united by a document signed on September 8, 1423 by King Charles III of Navarre “the Noble”. Until that day each town had had its own flag and alderman.
The Privilege of the Union was printed by agreement of the Royal Council of Navarra on December 17, 1618, there were two hundred copies, so that all the inhabitants of Pamplona, and especially those who lent money to the city’s coffers, were aware of it.
Measuring more than two meters, it consists of twenty-nine chapters, the last of which mentions the Royal Oath of Privilege, considering it as perpetual jurisdiction before the three States gathered in Pamplona. Today the hallway of the Pamplona City Hall houses a reproduction of the document.
Every September 8 and the week before, Pamplona celebrates the Privilege of the Union with an agenda of activities that includes various musical and artistic events, the traditional medieval market and guided tours of the Town Hall.
On September 8, the day the document was signed, the Comparsa de Gigantes y Cabezudos de Pamplona accompanies the parade of the Municipal Corporation as a city body that runs through the streets of the three old towns. And later the response and offering to Carlos III takes place in the Cathedral of Santa María.
Following tradition, the weekend closest to Union Privilege Day, the streets of the Historic Center of Pamplona host the medieval market of the Tres Burgos.
September 08, 2023: King Felipe and Queen Letizia attended the commemoration of the 6th Centenary of The Privilege of The Union in Pamplona
The Privilege of the Union
The Privilege of the Union is the treaty by which the three main towns that formed the city of Pamplona in the Middle Ages were united by a document signed on September 8, 1423 by King Charles III of Navarre “the Noble”. Until that day each town had had its own flag and alderman.
The Privilege of the Union was printed by agreement of the Royal Council of Navarra on December 17, 1618, there were two hundred copies, so that all the inhabitants of Pamplona, and especially those who lent money to the city's coffers, were aware of it.
Measuring more than two meters, it consists of twenty-nine chapters, the last of which mentions the Royal Oath of Privilege, considering it as perpetual jurisdiction before the three States gathered in Pamplona. Today the hallway of the Pamplona City Hall houses a reproduction of the document.
Every September 8 and the week before, Pamplona celebrates the Privilege of the Union with an agenda of activities that includes various musical and artistic events, the traditional medieval market and guided tours of the Town Hall.
On September 8, the day the document was signed, the Comparsa de Gigantes y Cabezudos de Pamplona accompanies the parade of the Municipal Corporation as a city body that runs through the streets of the three old towns. And later the response and offering to Carlos III takes place in the Cathedral of Santa María.
Following tradition, the weekend closest to Union Privilege Day, the streets of the Historic Center of Pamplona host the medieval market of the Tres Burgos.
September 08, 2023: King Felipe and Queen Letizia attended the commemoration of the 6th Centenary of The Privilege of The Union in Pamplona
The Privilege of the Union
The Privilege of the Union is the treaty by which the three main towns that formed the city of Pamplona in the Middle Ages were united by a document signed on September 8, 1423 by King Charles III of Navarre “the Noble”. Until that day each town had had its own flag and alderman.
The Privilege of the Union was printed by agreement of the Royal Council of Navarra on December 17, 1618, there were two hundred copies, so that all the inhabitants of Pamplona, and especially those who lent money to the city’s coffers, were aware of it.
Measuring more than two meters, it consists of twenty-nine chapters, the last of which mentions the Royal Oath of Privilege, considering it as perpetual jurisdiction before the three States gathered in Pamplona. Today the hallway of the Pamplona City Hall houses a reproduction of the document.
Every September 8 and the week before, Pamplona celebrates the Privilege of the Union with an agenda of activities that includes various musical and artistic events, the traditional medieval market and guided tours of the Town Hall.
On September 8, the day the document was signed, the Comparsa de Gigantes y Cabezudos de Pamplona accompanies the parade of the Municipal Corporation as a city body that runs through the streets of the three old towns. And later the response and offering to Carlos III takes place in the Cathedral of Santa María.
Following tradition, the weekend closest to Union Privilege Day, the streets of the Historic Center of Pamplona host the medieval market of the Tres Burgos.