Tudela Attractions

Tudela, situated on the right bank of the Ebro, is the second largest town in the province of Navarra and the chief place in the Ribera district. The town was originally a Moorish settlement, founded in 802 by Amrus, a Muslim ruler subordinate to the Caliph of Córdoba. After its reconquest by Alfonso I in 1119 Tudela offered an admirable example of peaceful coexistence between Christians, Muslims and Jews, each living in their own quarters of the town (which can still to some extent be identified on the ground). The Jewish quarter of the town produced such eminent figures as the rabbi and geographer Benjamin of Tudela, the poet Abraham ben Ezra and the philosopher Yehuda Halevi. It was not until 1512 that Tudela submitted to its incorporation in the kingdom of Castile.