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The west façade of the Church of Santa María de Olite was restored between 2015 and 2017. The project, funded by the Government of Navarre and the Gondra Barandiarán Foundation, was ambitious and complex. It focused on its spectacular painted portal, built alongside the façade during the first third of the 14th century. The successive layers of polychromy had been preserved thanks to a large portico, removed at the end of the 19th century. It was necessary to clean all the elements, determine the causes of alteration, stabilize the existing damage, and protect the result to ensure its proper preservation. The work garnered the dedication and interest of specialists in architecture, restoration, archaeology, history, art, and viticulture. Thus, this necessarily multidisciplinary book was born. The portal of Santa María de Olite, in its most striking uniqueness, unites Christian iconography, art, and viticulture on a single plane, in a journey "from vine to stone," which is still understandable and coherent today. Information taken from https://www.culturanavarra.es/es/la-portada-de-santa-maria-de-olite-de-la-vid-a-la-piedra

Carved out of a mountain, Ujué has only 300 inhabitants and is a remarkable example of a medieval village. Above the village towers an 11th century church

Originally a Roman fortress in a strategic location, the fortress is both a castle and a palace, although it was originally built as a court building to fulfil a military function. Since the 13th century, the Castle of Olite has been called the Palace of the King of Navarre.

From Ujué there is a beautiful view towards the south down to the Ribera de Navarra, the wide valley of the river Ebro. In between there are mountains on whose slopes wine is grown. The small town is a stop on the Ruta del Vino, which leads through the wine-growing regions of Navarre.

The church is attached to the Royal Palace and was used by the Navarrese monarchs for major festivals and ceremonial events. The palace had its own chapel dedicated to Saint George and a private, gated gallery dedicated to Saint Mary. Kingdom courts, baptisms, weddings and royal funerals took place here.

The castle palace of Olite served as the residence of the kings of Navarre until the union of Navarre with Castile in the 16th century. The complex has been a listed monument since 1925.

Read by In the mood to travel: “Giant stone egg open. What looks like Obelix's menhir served as the palace's refrigerator more than half a millennium ago. During the winter, ice and snow were collected in the eight meter deep excavation inside, pressed and covered with straw as insulating material. The snow masses remained frozen until summer. This preservation option was of enormous value in medieval times. Especially if historical documents are to be believed, according to which no fewer than 120 chickens, 2 calves, 10 piglets, 10 rabbits, 15 pounds of bacon and 3 hams fell victim to a royal court feast.”