Pamplona

Fiesta of San Fermin, Pamplona, Spain. Every July, on the feast day of the local saint, the men of Pamplona run through the streets trying to outwit the fighting bulls that are being sent to the arena. Many of the men are injured in the chase.

Industrial city and capital of the autonomous community of Navarre, northern Spain, on the River Arga; population (1991) 179,200. Industries include wine, textiles, leather, and footwear. An annual running of bulls takes place in the streets in July as part of the fiesta of San Fermín, a local patron saint. There are remains of the medieval walls, a Gothic cathedral with an 18th-century facade, and a modern university.

A pre-Roman town, Pamplona was rebuilt by Pompey in 68 BC, captured by the Visigoths in AD 476, sacked by Charlemagne in 778, and was taken by the Duke of Wellington in 1813 during the Peninsular War.