Olite

ERRIBERRI Erriberri (Basque) Olite (Spanish)
Municipality
Flag Coat of arms
ERRIBERRI Location of Olite within iberian peninsula/navarre ERRIBERRI ERRIBERRI (Navarre)
Coordinates: 42°29′15″N 1°39′45″W
Country	Basque Country
Autonomous Community	Navarre
Merindad	Olite
Comarca	Tafalla
Mancomunidad	Mairaga
Municipality	Erriberri/Olite
Government
• Mayor	Andoni Lakarra (Agrupemos Olite - Erriberri Elkartu)
Area
• Total	83.20 km2 (32.12 sq mi)
Elevation	388 m (1,273 ft)
Population  (2018)
• Total	3,931
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	olitense; olitejo (a); erriberritar
Website	www.olite.es

Olite (Erriberri in Basque language) is a town and municipality located in the Comarca de Tafalla comarca, Merindad de Olite merindad, in Navarre, Spain.

History

According to Isidore of Seville's Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum, the town of Oligicus was founded by Swinthila, Visigothic King of Hispania (621–631) in order to control and punish the Vascones. However, this town was not heard of again until five centuries later, when the present-day town was founded and chartered. The Palacio Real de Olite, a fine Gothic castle-palace, was the royal seat of Charles III of Navarre.

Twin towns - sister cities

Town	State/Region	Country
Arthez-de-Béarn	Pyrénées-Atlantiques	France
Sauveterre-de-Guyenne	Gironde	France

Notable people

• Blanche II of Navarre (1424–1464), titular queen of Navarre
• Eleanor of Navarre (1426–1479), queen of Navarre
• Justo Garrán Moso (1867–1942), Traditionalist politician
• Jesús García Leoz (1904–1953), Spanish composer
• Mariano Cañardo (1906–1987), Spanish cyclist
• Félix Ruiz Gabari (1940–1993), Spanish footballer
• Rafael Carlos Pérez González (born 1948), Spanish footballer

Bibliography

• Alejandro Díez. Olite, historia de un reino. Gráficas Lizarra. 1984.

External links

• Olite in Medieval History of Navarre
• Web del Ayuntamiento (in Spanish)
• OLITE in the Bernardo Estornés Lasa - Auñamendi Encyclopedia (Euskomedia Fundazioa) (in Spanish)