Exactly 1,087 days since Iruña-Pamplona no longer celebrates the festivities of San Fermin! In the Navarrese capital, everything is ready for the return of the festivities known throughout the world. This Wednesday, at noon sharp, the former soccer player Juan Carlos Unzue will be in charge of kicking off the celebrations by launching the rocket-txupinazo, from the balcony of the town hall. Facing him, thousands of people will invade the emblematic town hall square and the main streets. Until July 14, Iruña-Pamplona will live to the rhythms of parades of giants, processions and dianas, the concerts that wake up the city every day at 6:45 a.m.!
– Frank Dolosor
– Frank Dolosor
– Frank Dolosor
– Frank Dolosor
The bullfight is one of the main events of San Fermin. These releases of bulls in the streets of the city take place every day from July 7 to 14 at 8 am between an enclosure located behind the town hall and the arenas, on a course of 850 meters. Every day, specialists and novices from all over the Basque Country and around the world meet near the statue of San Fermin below the town hall.
The bullfight is always preceded by a prayer dedicated to the co-patron of Navarre. In Basque and Castilian, the runners claim the blessing of the one who was the first bishop of the city:
” In San Fermín pedimos por ser nuestro patron, Nos guíe en el encierro, dándonos su bendición Live! Gora! »
“Entzun arren San Fermin zu zaitugu patroi! Zuzendu gure oinak entzierro hontan otoi. »
The bilingual prayer is sung three times shortly before 8 a.m. The pack then rushes on the rise of Santo Domingo, the town hall square, the emblematic streets of Mercaderes, Estafeta and Telefónica to arrive in the bullring where the bulls are led to the stables before the bullfights which take place every afternoon. since the end of the 14th century. The bullfight lasts about two minutes and brings together millions of viewers all over the planet eager for images captured by around thirty cameras and a drone.
– Frank Dolosor
– Frank Dolosor
– Frank Dolosor
Once again this year, thousands of inhabitants of the northern Basque Country will travel to the town twinned with Bayonne to attend some of the 500 events organized from July 6 to 14. Buses are organized to make the trip.
France Bleu Pays Basque will also make you experience the best moments of the long-awaited return of the San Fermin festivities.
– Frank Dolosor
– Frank Dolosor