17 Sights in Tudela, Spain (with Map and Images)

Benjamin of Tudela, also known as Benjamin ben Jonah, was a medieval Jewish traveler who visited Europe, Asia, and Africa in the twelfth century. His vivid descriptions of western Asia preceded those of Marco Polo by a hundred years. With his broad education and vast knowledge of languages, Benjamin of Tudela is a major figure in medieval geography and Jewish history.

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Sancho VII called the Strong was King of Navarre from 1194 until his death in 1234. He was the son and heir of Sancho VI, whom he followed as the second king to hold the title of King of Navarre. Sancho VII was the first to use the chains of Navarre as his blazon, a symbol that later would become the main one of Navarre, and the last member of the Jiménez dynasty, which had ruled since the 9th century.

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Musa ibn Musa al-Qasawi (Arabic: موسى بن موسى القسوي) also nicknamed the Great ; died 26 September 862) was leader of the Muwallad Banu Qasi clan and ruler of a semi-autonomous principality in the upper Ebro valley in northern Iberia in the 9th century.

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The church of San Nicolás de Bari in Tudela (Navarre) was one of the most outstanding Romanesque temples in the city, whose existence dates back to the first half of the twelfth century. It was rebuilt in the eighteenth century with its current baroque factory. It is located between San Nicolás and Serralta streets in the Old Town of Tudela. Sancho VII the Strong was buried here, although two years later he was permanently transferred to Roncesvalles.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Nicolás (Tudela) (ES)

The Torre Monreal is a tower, traditionally considered to be of Arab origin, located on a hill southwest of the city of Tudela (Navarre), next to the Lourdes neighborhood. According to the archaeological excavations carried out in its surroundings and inside, it would belong to a watchtower to control the possible arrival of enemies in that area. It is the only watchtower in Tudela that has survived to the present day. It stands on a hill that dominates the city in the opposite direction to the Cerro de Santa Bárbara, where the Alcazaba or Castle of Tudela was located. In the past, this hill must have been known as Monte del Rey or Monte Real, from which it derives its name.

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The Ebro Bridge in Tudela (Navarre) is a medieval Spanish stone bridge, with a length of 360 m that is composed of 16 piers and 17 arches, all uneven. Its importance is intrinsic to the city, whose history is articulated around the passage of the Ebro River.

Wikipedia: Puente del Ebro de Tudela (ES)

The walls of Tudela were the fortification, of Muslim origin, which defensively surrounded the city of Tudela (Navarra), along the perimeter that now makes up the old town of the city. A first wall was built at the beginning of the ninth century, with the fortification of Amrùs Ben Yusuf, which surrounded a first enclosure, the founding. This first wall reached the Midovilla ravine, which initially served as a natural defensive pit. With demographic growth, especially at the time of the Banu Qasi, this wall was extended during the first half of the ninth century until reaching the following natural pit, the Queiles River. This corresponds to the main wall of Medina Tudelana, which was preserved intact until the 16th century. After the reconquest of Tudela in 1119, the Moors were transferred to extramuros, building a new neighborhood subsequently known as La Morería; This new neighborhood was immediately protected by a new fortification: the walls of the Morería.

Wikipedia: Murallas de Tudela (ES)

The Monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Tudela (Navarre) in Spain, is a large statue built in honour of Jesus of Nazareth, "erected as a spiritual beacon at the top of the Cerro del Castillo, from which it extends its protection to the city and the entire region". The image of the Heart of Jesus is a fundamental piece of the city's skyline. It was located on what was the main tower of the old Castle of Tudela and, later, the Hermitage of Santa Barbara. The Heart of Jesus has its counterpoint on the other side of the city with the statue dedicated to the Heart of Mary.

Wikipedia: Monumento al Corazón de Jesús (Tudela) (ES)

The palace of the Marquis of Huarte de Tudela (Navarre) is a splendid Baroque palace from the mid-eighteenth century, it has two facades, on Mercadal Street and on the Herrería Street. It is located in the Old Town of the city. It currently houses the Yanguas and Miranda Library and the Municipal Archive of Tudela.

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The church of San Jorge el Real in Tudela (Navarre) is in the Jesuit Mannerist style of the seventeenth century. It is located in Plaça Mercadal. It was the chapel of the Jesuit convent until the expulsion of the Society of Jesus in 1767, then it became the property of the Crown, which is why it was called San Jorge el Real and for which the coat of arms of Charles III appears on its façade. Later it became a parish.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de San Jorge el Real (Tudela) (ES)

The Monument to the Heart of Mary in Tudela (Navarre) is a large statue built in honour of Mary in the mid-twentieth century on a hill in front of the Torre Monreal, near the Lourdes neighbourhood. The Heart of Mary has its counterpoint on the other side of the city, on the hill of Santa Barbara, with the Monument dedicated to the Heart of Jesus.

Wikipedia: Monumento al Corazón de María (Tudela) (ES)

The Capuchin Convent and Church of the Divine Shepherdess of Tudela (Navarre) is a convent and church of the Capuchin order of the late nineteenth century, located on the street of the same name in the current Tudela Extension.

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The church of the Company of Mary or of the Teaching of Tudela (Navarre), built in the eighteenth century, is the only essentially Baroque monument in the Ribera of Navarre. It is located in the Plaza de San Juan and Calle de la Enseñanza. In addition to the Church, which is the only thing that is preserved, the Company of Mary had a Convent and a College.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de la Compañía de María (Tudela) (ES)

The parish church of Santa María de Gracia de Tudela (Navarra) is a Gothic-Renaissance Church of the 16th century that belongs to the hospital of the same name and that is between the current Plaza Nueva and Calle Don Miguel Eza de Tudela.

Wikipedia: Iglesia de Santa María de Gracia (Tudela) (ES)

The hermitage of Santa Cruz de Tudela (Navarre) is a hermitage that was built in the twelfth century by the monks of Siege and located 1 km north of the Old Town of Tudela, on the right bank of the Ebro River. The first hermitage also held the title of church and basilica. There was a brotherhood in it, called Ballesteros, which may have been founded in 1235. The current building of the hermitage is from the mid-nineteenth century. It is the headquarters of the brotherhood of the Christ, which is why it is also called Ermita del Cristo.

Wikipedia: Ermita de Santa Cruz (Tudela) (ES)

The church and convent of Carmen de Tudela (Navarre) is a temple of the late sixteenth century, in Mannerist style, located on the corner of Gayarre and Carmen Alta streets in the Old Town of Tudela, with an exit on the latter street.

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The Cathedral of Santa María de Tudela (Navarre) is a late Romanesque temple, inspired by Cistercian architecture, of large dimensions, which began to be built at the end of the twelfth century during the reign of Sancho VI the Wise, passing the baton to his son Sancho VII the Strong, who in turn passed it on to his nephew Theobald I. He used some of the foundations of the Great Mosque of Tudela. As the orientations of the two temples did not coincide, the mosque was demolished to build the new temple and only some of its foundations were used.

Wikipedia: Catedral de Tudela (ES)