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オリテ (Palacio de Olite/SPA)


 Palacio de los Reyes de Navarra de Olite, was a palace and castle of the Kings of Navarre, constructed between the 13th and 15th centuries at Olite, northern Spain. The palace, which still stands, was a major seat of the royal court during the reign of Charles III.Originally a castle, in the 13th century it was amplified into a palace, its residential function predominating over its military. The palace's incoherent, but recognisably Gothic, design stems from its slow progress. Neither its construction nor its expansion were single projects taken up by single kings, rather it each monarch did whatever work he felt was necessary.
 The principal features of the construction, however, were added around the turn of the 15th century under Charles III. Charles chose to make the palace a permanent royal seat, and strove to decorate it accordingly. Charles added gardens, high curtain walls studded with towers, and moats. In this period the distinction between so-called "New Palace" and the "Old Palace" (now home to the Parador Nacional de Turismo) can first be made.
 
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