The festival of San Fermín is a week-long, historically rooted celebration held annually in the city of Pamplona, Navarre, Spain.
The celebrations start at noon on 6 July and continue until midnight on 14 July. A firework (Chupinazo)
starts off the celebrations and the popular song Pobre de mí is sung at the end. The most famous event is the running of the bulls, which begins at 8 a.m. each day on 7–14 July, but the festival involves many other traditional and folkloric events. It is known locally as Sanfermines in Spanish and Sanferminak in Basque, and is held in honour of Saint Fermin, the co-patron of Navarre.
Pamplona Prayer
Facade of the City Council of Pamplona decked out for the San Fermín festivities.
Monument to Hemingway outside the bullring in Pamplona.
Chupinazo
Pamplona is the capital city of the Chartered Community of Navarre, in Spain.
Image: Pamplona 2022 city hall
Image: Monumento a los Fueros (Pamplona)
Image: Pamplona 2022 west facade front
Image: Pampelune Place de Castille