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Other rooms
Meeting rooms, Presidents' Room, the 'Isabelline' room, President's Office, chapel and dining room
Detail of the tapestry in the President's Office
- Cabinet room
This is where the Government of Navarre holds its Cabinet meetings. It is furnished with a large meeting table around which the armchairs of the members of the Government sit. They have red upholstery and embroidered chains in the backs, finished off by two small bronze eagles.
Murals by Gustavo de Maeztu: all the walls of the Room are decorated with a set of murals that are representative of Navarre, made in 1935 by the painter Gustavo de Maeztu. In the centre is a golden coat of arms of Navarre, supported by two women in typical regional costume. The two largest murals depict traditional agricultural scenes from the Mountain (northern) and Ribera (southern) areas of Navarre. Elsewhere there are episodes and illustrious figures from the history of Navarre.
- Coffering: the ceiling of the Room has oak coffering with heraldic motifs that combine the coat of arms of Navarre with those of a number of monarchs and royal dynasties of the Kingdom: Sancho 'el Sabio', Sancho 'el Fuerte', Champagne, Evreux, Aragon and the Principality of Viana.
- Outstanding objects: over the central chimney stands a French clock from the 19th century, with an allegory representing the Ley Paccionada (Pact Law) of 1841. Also on display are an apostle's head, a work by Jorge Oteiza that was donated to Navarre by the Salesian Congregation, and an example of the first edition fo the Amejoramiento del Fuero (Navarre's Statute of Autonomy) of 1982, whose text was approved in this room by the Diputación Foral (Territorial Administration) of Navarre on 9 March 1982.
- Anteroom of the Cabinet Room: access to the Cabinet Room is through a small anteroom containing a Renaissance sideboard from around 1600. It has adorned drawers with small columns made from bone and gilded carvings. On the walls of this room hangs a collection of paintings made on copper sheet by Peter Sion in the 17th century, representing the Biblical story of Joseph and his siblings.
- President's Office
The President of the Government of Navarre usually works and receives visits here. The central wall of the office is covered by a large tapestry depicting Sancho VII 'el Fuerte' in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa, breaking the chains around the tent of the Almohad leader. It was created in 1950 by Vicente Pascual based on a design by the painter Ramón Stolz.
- Portraits: the artistic item of greatest value in the Palace of Navarre can be found in the President's Office. It is a portrait of Fernando VII of Castile (Fernando III of Navarre) by Goya, painted in 1814 following a commission from the Diputación of the Kingdom of Navarre, whichh paid 2,000 reales de vellón for it. The office also contains portraits of two of Fernando VII's wives: María Isabel de Braganza, portrayed by Federico de Madrazo, and María Cristina de Borbón, by Vicente López.
- Other objects of interest: the furniture and cofferin the office make up a magnificent set of carved wood. Also on display is a bronze bust of Julián Gayarre by the sculptor Mariano Benlliure, who was a friend of the renowned tenor from Roncal. The decoration is rounded off by a 19th-century English clock, two Sèvres vases and a Spanish sideboard from the 18th century.
- Chapel
Located next to the Throne Room, It is presided over by a Rococo altarpiece that has been recomposed with pieces brought from Ujué. The upper niches contain carvings of the patron saints of Navarre, San Fermín and St Francis Xavier, and in the centre stands a replica of Santa María la Real, an image from Pamplona Cathedral. The front of the altar, embossed in silver in 1952, is a gift from Navarrese emigrés to Argentina
- Gallery of royal portraits
In 1750 the Diputación of the Kingdom of Navarre decided to purchase some portraits of monarchs who were on the throne at the time and display them in the Palace. This decision was continued by later Diputaciones and has been maintained in an uninterrupted manner to the present day. As a result, the Palace of Navarre now has a gallery of 24 royal portraits of the Borbón dynasty, and some of them include a sign with the name of the monarch and his/her ordinal numbers of Navarre and Castile (e.g. Fernando III of Navarre and VII of Castile) from 1700 (Felipe V) to the present day (King Juan Carlos I)
- 'Isabelline' Room
Next to the Throne Room stands a room that best conserves the original decorative atmosphere of the Palace. It is furnished with chairs in the Isabelline style and has a meeting table in the centre.
- Portrait of Isabel as a child: Queen Isabel II of Spain is represented in this painting by Antonio María Esquivel, made around 1835, as a four- or five-year-old child standing next to the throne wearing a pretty lace dress and a pearl necklace to match her earrings. She carries a sceptre in her right hand
- Portrait of Isabel II as a girl: this painting, which carries the signature of the painter Federico de Madrazo and is dated 1846, represents Queen Isabel II at 16 years of age, adorned with a fine collection of jewels (bracelets. brooch and diadem) posing next to the royal crown and sceptre.
- Portrait of Fernando VII, painted by Madrazo: also exhibited in the room is a portrait of Fernando VII painted by Federico de Madrazo in 1824, in which the monarch is shown wearing military uniform and the Golden Fleece and the 'Laureada' and Carlos III Crosses.
- Lining room
Used for meetings, aperitifs and banquets, It is the biggest room in the Palace after the Throne Room. It was decorated in 1951 using original elements from the palace and maintaining the Isabelline style.
- Portraits of Their Majesties the King and Queen of Spain: there are portraits of the King and Queen of Spain, Juan Carlos I and Sofía on the wall of the dining room, created in 1999 by the painter from Tudela César Muñoz Sola.
- Table clock: on the central stove of the Dining Room stands a smithsonite clock purchased in Paris in 1862 that represents Rubens and Rembrandt. Two candelabras located in the exterior gallery of the dining room match the clock; they represent Velázquez and Murillo.
- Presidents' Room
The Salón de Presidentes is a room used for meetings and negotiations. Its walls are covered by a gallery of the portraits of the Presidents of the Diputación Foral and the Government of Navarre from 1940 to the present day. All the portraits are the work of César Muñoz Sola, with the exception of those of Gabriel Urralburu (by Pedro Manterola) and Javier Otano (by Tomás Muñoz Asensio, the son of Muñoz Sola).
- Tomás Domínguez Arévalo, Count of Rodezno, (1940-1948)
- José María Arellano Igea (1949-1952)
- Miguel Gortari Errea (1952 - 1964)
- Félix Huarte Goñi (1964 -1971)
- Amadeo Marco Ilincheta (1971 -1979)
- Jaime Ignacio del Burgo Tajadura (1979-1980 y 1984)
- Juan Manuel Arza Muñuzuri (1980 -1984)
- Gabriel Urralburu Tainta (1984-1991)
- Juan Cruz Alli Aranguren (1991 - 1995)
- Javier Otano Cid (1995 - 1996)
- Galleries
Communication between the different parts of the palace is through its galleries or corridors. These are paved in marble of different and tones and were decorated in 1953 according to the design of the architect Víctor Eusa. Their walls are home to paintings and other artistic objects of interest.
- Gobelin with the coats of arms of France and Navarre: In one of the galleries a 17th-century Gobelin tapestry of 2.90 x 2.35 metres is on display. It contains the coats of arms of France and Navarre and is adorned with rich decoration. It comes from the French court, where the monarchs called themselves "Monarchs of France and Navarre" from the 16th to the 18th centuries
- Members of the Parliament of Navarre during the 'Gamazada': In one of the galleries hang portraits of the members of the Diputación Foral in 1893-94, when there was a strong protest by the people in favour of the Fueros (rights according to historical charter) of Navarre known as the 'Gamazada' (after the Minister from Madrid, Gamazo, who tried to abolish these rights). It is a charcoal drawing by Enrique Zubiri.
- Portrait of General Espoz y Mina: one of the outstanding portraits in the Palace is that of Francisco Espoz y Mina by Vallespín. The veteran warrior of the War of Independence appears wearing the uniform of a Lieutenant General and the 'Laureada' Cross of San Fernando. The painting was donated to Navarre by Espoz y Mina's widow, Juana María de la Vega
- Stained glass windows
The interior windows of the Palace of Navarre contain an interesting collection of leaden stained glass windows representing the coats of arms of the municipalities of Navarre. They were made by the Maumejean company in 1950.
- Municipal coats of arms: the collection consists of150 coats of arms belonging to most of the cities, towns and villages of Navarre. The largest ones contain that coats of arms of the five cities/towns that are the main centres of each merindad (administrative division) : Pamplona, Tudela, Estella, Sangüesa and Olite.
- The oldest stained glass windows: these date from 1935 and are located in the room that was previously used as the seat of the Regional and Administrative Council of Navarre. They were also made by Maumejean of Madrid. The central one represents the coats of arms of Navarre and Pamplona and four others, those of Tudela, Estella, Aoiz and Tafalla.