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29 reviews of Castillo de Javier

You Must Visit It

It is located in Navarra, 8 kilometers from Sangüesa and 53 kilometers from Pamplona. It is another place that you must visit if you are in Navarra. The place where it is located is wonderful and its architecture is another example of Navarra’s history.

We went there on a Saturday morning and it was very calm, so we could visit it peacefully and enjoy the view of the castle-museum and learn a bit more of the life of the patron saint of Navarra.

The next thing on the list is to enjoy the “Javeriada”, the first two weekends of March.

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Very Special

We were on our way to Huesca when we realized we were next to the Javier Castle, so we couldn’t resist making a stop. We had heard a lot about the place.

There was a lot of peace and calm in the place, with barely a few cars in the parking lot. On the right side there is a statue of the saint, and on the left side an avenue lined with trees that takes you to the castle.

We started walking, everything was perfect. We saw a cafeteria, a souvenir shop, and toilets. At the end of the avenue there is an esplanade paved with slabs of stone. On one side there is a mosaic of the saint, in front of the castle. Next to the mosaic there is a convent from the 16th century. It is quite austere but I could enter the central patio, which is in perfect condition.


The castle is quite another thing, full of visitors. It is in the highest part and a part of it is now a church, the part where San Francisco Javier was born and lived.

We bordered the church and arrived at a viewpoint. You walk to the castle, cross the bridge and enter history. The castle has three parts, the tower of Santo Cristo, the tower of San Miguel and the museum.

First you enter the central bastion or tower of Santo Cristo. You climb up and contemplate a series of dioramas that narrate de life and miracles of the saint.

When you arrive to the highest part of the tower you access a hall with paintings and objects from medieval origin.

The castle was built in the 10th century, but it was seized in 1223 by Sancho VII of Navarra, when they built the two lateral towers.

In 1516, the cardinal Cisneros ordered its demolition. The exterior barbican was demolished, the moat was filled, the gardens were flattened and the tower of Homenaje lost its upper part. The rest survived, until in the 20th century it was donated to the Society of Jesus by the duchess of Villahermosa.

At the end of the avenue there is a square with a stoned floor. When you enter the tower of Homenaje, or San Miguel, you go into the rooms where they lived. It is decorated and furnished, so you get an idea of how they lived at the time. The most interesting part is the hall where the floor was lifted to show the Muslim floor.

I didn’t find as interesting the part where the saint lived and was baptized.

We liked this place; it allows you to see how the medieval castle was and some details of the life and work of a Spanish saint. I guess that in March it is full of people, but in low season it is really nice to visit it.
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Pilgrimage

In the highest point of the little town of Javier you will find the Javier Castle, home of the venerated patron saint of Navarra, San Francisco Javier. The castle is from the 10th century. A tower was built first, due to its strategic location between Navarra and Aragón. Then the rest of the castle was constructed. The fortress suffered the vicissitudes of history, especially in 1516, when it was partially destroyed. By the end of the 19th century the basilica of Javier was built. In 1952 the reconstruction that gave the castle its original physiognomy began.

San Francisco Javier was born in a noble family in 1506, he was a Jesuit missionary and died in China after traveling in Africa and Asia.

This charming place is a place of pilgrimage for many.
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