3rd December, a day of remembrance

Navarra visit in autumn is a unique opportunity to become captivated by its red and other landscapes, but also to participate in the celebrations that are organized around their patron, St. Francis Xavier, whose feast is celebrated on 3 December. The music and folk festivals are the main attractions of a cultural program which began on November 25 and arrive at 75 locations. Among the concerts they will offer include the G Amaral and MCLAN in Pamplona on 2 December.


Tourists who come to Navarre in early December will have at their disposal a comprehensive program that can combine holiday with tours of the main attractions of the area.
If your stay in Pamplona at this time, do not miss the opportunity to see inside the government headquarters ( Palacio de Navarra ) and discover the different rooms hidden in this neoclassical building. The public will have access to the Throne Room, a spectacular room decorated in the style of the French salons of the era that has witnessed the most striking episodes in the history of the Kingdom of Navarre.
Indeed, the Throne Room of the Palacio de Navarra serve as a framework for the conduct of some of the institutional events planned as tribute to Navarra and the delivery of the Silver Medal for Sporting Merit.

On December 3, Feast of St. Francis Xavier, patron saint of Navarra, celebrations take place star of the show. The day will begin with a Mass in his honor at the Shrine of Javier, a good time to visit the Castle of Javier and visit the birthplace of the Jesuit Navarre.

At half past eleven, Pamplona Gayarre Theatre will host the Folk Festival of the Associations of other countries in Navarra and a half hour later there will be the traditional delivery of the Gold Medal of Navarre, an award that every year by the government of Navarra to leading bodies of the Community Day San Francisco Javier.

The perfect end to a long day at the concert will feature the Symphony Orchestra of Navarra in the Palacio de Congresos y Auditorio Baluarte de Pamplona.Many locations are added to the festivals. Pamplona is not the only town to commemorate the feast of St. Francis Xavier ( It is also the day of the Basque language, the second official language in Navarra.). On 3 December, visitors who are in Navarra may approach any of the 74 choral and orchestral concerts to be offered in many municipalities of Navarra.

Elizondo also host the town of those days traffic a playground and a kindergarten classroom. In addition, the capital Baztán Valley will host the Dec. 3 different shows and performances of folk groups of the Regional Houses in Navarra.
For its part, will pay tribute to San Francisco Tudela Javier on 30 November with the Children's Festival "Smiles with Fofito and Monica Aragon" and the End of the Second City Competition Jota de Tudela "Navarre Award" and in Olite Corella the public can visit two exhibitions. The exhibition "Adela Bazo, painter Navarre migration in Argentina will be displayed in Olite, while those interested in the exhibition" In Sarasate violin ... "should be moved to Corella.