Tudela sometimes (one can find Tudèle in French, primarily in a historical context or also Tutera in Basque) is a town of Spain located in the Communauté Forale de Navarre, on the Ebre, at 91 km in the south of Pampelune.
It is the second city most populated Navarre after Pampelune, with 32.802 inhabitants at the 1/1/2006.
Capital of the Ribera de Navarre.
At the time of the Kingdom of Navarre, they were with Pampelune the one the two principal cities.
Evêché, suffragan of Burgos.
It is the fatherland of Benjamin de Tudèle.
This city probably existed under the Romans. It was an important city of the Moors. King Alphonse took it to the Moors in 1115.
The general Lannes demolished Spanish Castagnos there the November 23rd 1808.
Personalities
- Benjamin de Tudèle (? - 1173), explorer.
- Guillaume de Tudèle (c1212), canon of Saint-Antonin-in-Rouergue and author of the first part of the Song of the Crusade Albigensienne.
- Joaquín Gaztambide (1822 - 1870), Type-setter of Zarzuela S.
- Rafael Moneo, Architect, born in Tudela in 1937.
Festivals
Festivals pâtronales of Santa Anna from July 24th to 30th
Twinnings
External bonds
- Bardenas Reales, the desert of Tudela
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