Description:
The fortifications of Pamplona, built between the XVI and XVIII centuries, represent one of Europe's best conserved bastion enclosures. Their decline began in the XIX century, due to their ineffectiveness in the face of progress in the field of artillery and large-scale demographic growth, which called for an extension of the urban grid. The demolishment of part of the city walls, from 1915 to 1921, was celebrated as a major event in Pamplona. Since 2006, the City Council has been promoting an important plan of action to recover the entire fortified enclosure and improve the area surrounding it. The Pamplona city walls, once a defensive barrier, are now a recreational area and a place where cultural and environmental heritage come together. The plan is based on three major axes. Firstly, it is aimed at performing the specific conservation and restoration work the structure itself requires. Secondly, it is aimed at functionally improving the environs in fields such as housing, facilities, public areas and mobility-accessibility. And thirdly, it is aimed at vitalising the walled enclosure itself in order to disseminate its historical and architectural values.