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Olite / Erriberri
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| Country | File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain |
| Autonomous Community | File:Bandera de Navarra.svg Navarre |
| Merindad | Merindad de Olite |
| Comarca | Comarca de Tafalla |
| Mancomunidad | Mairaga |
| Municipality | Olite/Erriberri |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Andoni Lacarra (Agrupemos Olite - Erriberri Elkartu) |
| Area | |
• Total | 83.20 km2 (32.12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 388 m (1,273 ft) |
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| Demonym(s) | erriberritar; olitense/olitejo(a); |
| Website | http://www.olite.es |
Erriberri (Olite in spanish) is a town and municipality located in the Tafalla comarca, Erriberri merindad, in Navarre, Basque Country.
History
[edit | edit source]According to Isidore of Seville's Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum, the town of Oligicus was founded by Swinthila, Visigothic King of Hispania (621–631) in order to control and punish the native Vascones people. However, this town was not heard of again until five centuries later, when the present-day town was founded and chartered. The Royal palace of Olite, a fine Gothic castle-palace, was the royal seat of Charles III of Navarre.
Twin towns - sister cities
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Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Blanche II of Navarre (1424–1464), titular queen of Navarre
- Eleanor of Navarre (1426–1479), queen of Navarre
- Justo Garrán Moso (1867–1942), Traditionalist politician
- Jesús García Leoz (1904–1953), Spanish composer
- Mariano Cañardo (1906–1987), Spanish cyclist
- Félix Ruiz Gabari (1940–1993), Spanish footballer
- Rafael Carlos Pérez González (born 1948), Spanish footballer
References
[edit | edit source]Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Alejandro Díez. Olite, historia de un reino. Gráficas Lizarra. 1984.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to [[commons:Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 506: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).|Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 506: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).]].
- Olite in Medieval History of Navarre
- Web del Ayuntamiento (in Spanish)
- OLITE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)
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