Olite

Olite (Erriberri in Basque language) is a town and municipality located in the Comarca de Tafalla comarca, Merindad de Olite merindad, in Navarre, Spain.

History
According to Isidore of Seville's Historia de regibus Gothorum, Vandalorum et Suevorum, the town of Oligicus was founded by Swinthila, Visigothic King of Hispania (621–631) in order to control and punish the Vascones. However, this town was not heard of again until five centuries later, when the present-day town was founded and chartered. The Palacio Real de Olite, a fine Gothic castle-palace, was the royal seat of Charles III of Navarre.

Notable people

 * Blanche II of Navarre (1424–1464), titular queen of Navarre
 * Eleanor of Navarre (1426–1479), queen of Navarre
 * Justo Garrán Moso (1867–1942), Traditionalist politician
 * Jesús García Leoz (1904–1953), Spanish composer
 * Mariano Cañardo (1906–1987), Spanish cyclist
 * Félix Ruiz Gabari (1940–1993), Spanish footballer
 * Rafael Carlos Pérez González (born 1948), Spanish footballer