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2. Running of the bulls - Wikipedia

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   Monument in Pamplona Runners surround the bulls on Estafeta Street. A running of the bulls (Spanish: encierro, from the verb encerrar, 'to corral, to enclose'; Occitan: abrivado, literally 'haste, momentum'; Catalan: bous al carrer 'bulls in the street', or correbous 'bull-runner') is an event that involves running in front of a small group of bulls, typically six [1] but sometimes ten or more ...

3. Pamplona - Wikipedia

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   Pamplona (Spanish pronunciation: ⓘ; Basque: Iruña), [a] historically also known as Pampeluna in English, is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain. Lying at near 450 m (1,480 ft) above sea level, [ 5 ] the city (and the wider Cuenca de Pamplona ) is located on the flood plain of the Arga river , [ 6 ] a second-order ...

4. High-speed rail in Spain - Wikipedia

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   [41] [42] The connecting link was the construction of the 131-kilometre (81.4 mi) Barcelona–Figueres section of the Perpignan–Barcelona high-speed line, an extension of the Madrid–Barcelona line, completed in January 2013 at a cost of €3.7 billion.

5. Alvia - Wikipedia

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   Alvia is a high-speed train service in Spain offered by Renfe Operadora on long-distance routes with a top speed of 250 km/h (160 mph). The trains have the ability to use both Iberian gauge and standard gauge, which allows them to travel on the recently constructed high-speed lines for part of the journey before switching to the "classic" Iberian gauge network to complete it.

6. List of twin towns and sister cities in Spain - Wikipedia

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   Ambalema, Colombia; Bogotá, Colombia; Brest, France; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Cartagena, Colombia; Ceuta, Spain; A Coruña, Spain; Dakhla, Western Sahara; Guaduas ...

7. Kingdom of Navarre - Wikipedia

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   Thus, the Kingdom of Pamplona comprised a territory of 15,000 km 2 between Pamplona, Nájera and Aragón with vassals of Pamplonese and Aragonese origin. [39] The assassination of Count García Sánchez of Castile in 1028 allowed Sancho to appoint his younger son Ferdinand as count. He also exerted a protectorate over the Duchy of Gascony.