Nuevo Baztán

Member of Los Pueblos más Bonitos de España

Juan de Goyeneche, royal treasurer and publisher, built Nuevo Baztán from scratch between 1709 and 1713 as a village for the workers of his new glassworks, naming it after his native valley in Navarre. José Benito Churriguera designed the palace, church and grid of streets, an early experiment in the industrial village. The palace's old wine cellars now house an interpretation centre.

Highlights

Palacio de Goyeneche, with its church of San Francisco Javier
The two squares beside the palace-church, protected since 1941
Interpretation centre in the palace wine cellars
Two notable trees: the Nuevo Baztán elm and the palace garden's Aleppo pine

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Population: 7,429

Events through the year

La Javierada Religious · Second Sunday of MarchPopular feast joined by many people who come from Navarre
Fiestas del Santísimo Cristo del Socorro Religious · First week of May
Nubarock Music and arts · Second Saturday of JulyRock and pop music festival
San Miguel Religious · 29 September
Fiestas de la Fundación Historical · October, marking the foundation of 9 October 1723Commemorate the founding of the town
Feast of Saint Francis Xavier Religious · 3 DecemberPatron saint's day; the church is dedicated to him