Pampeluna
or PAMPLONA, a fortified city of Spain; on a tributary of the Ebro; 111 miles N. W. of Saragossa.
It has a citadel (a copy of that of Antwerp), a Gothic cathedral (1397), a viceregal palace, a fine aqueduct, a natural history collection, a college of surgery, and a bull ring, manufactures of pottery, leather, cloth, hardware, etc., and a trade in wine. It was called by the ancients Pompeiopolis, because built by Pompey in 68 B. C. It was taken by the Goths in 466, by the Franks in 542, and by Charlemagne in 778. From 907 it was the capital of Navarre. It was during the siege by the French in 1521 that Loyola received his wound. The town seized by the French in 1808, and held by them till 1813, when it was captured by Wellington. It again capitulated to the French in 1823. In the Carlist wars it was held by Queen Christina's adherents from 1836 to 1840, and in 1873-1876 it was vainly attacked several times by the Carlists. Pop. (1917) 30,779. was