The Palacio Marqués de Rozalejo in the old town of Pamplona will officially open on Tuesday, 25 August, as the “Espacio de Memoria y Convivencia” of the Comunidad Foral de Navarra. The ceremony is scheduled for the morning. According to the Gobierno de Navarra President María Chivite, other members of the regional government, and representatives of key institutions and associations for memory, human rights and victims will attend. The project is the responsibility of the Departamento de Memoria y Convivencia, Acción Exterior y Euskera, headed by Ana Ollo.
The Baroque city palace on Calle Navarrería was restored by the regional government over the past few years. With its opening, the building will begin its public work as a reference centre for memory and coexistence policy. The plan is to bring together the offices of the Dirección General de Memoria y Convivencia and the Instituto Navarro de la Memoria at the site, while also using the building as a publicly accessible exhibition and documentation venue. The government stresses that research, educational outreach and support for relatives and victims’ associations are to be integrated.
The executive had announced the palace’s conversion in previous years. Parliamentary committees reported on the restoration’s progress and the building’s future uses in spring 2026; the work has since been completed and its opening scheduled. According to the government, the inauguration now planned will mark the start of the regular programme on site, beyond the mere administrative use of the offices.
Politically, the project forms part of a broader memory agenda in the Comunidad Foral de Navarra. In cooperation with local and state institutions, sites of remembrance have been developed in recent years and procedures prepared for their designation as “lugar de memoria”. One example is the former prison of Fuerte de San Cristóbal near Pamplona, where efforts to investigate its history and make it accessible to the public are progressing in stages. In this context, the new centre in Pamplona is intended to serve as a hub for bringing together research findings, coordinating educational programmes and curating exhibitions.
What is now confirmed, then, is the imminent launch of a project that has long been in preparation in Navarra, both politically and socially. The Gobierno de Navarra plans to announce specific programme content and the ongoing use of the premises in stages after the opening. Details of those attending the inauguration, the building’s governance and its duties come from regional government statements and related parliamentary information; earlier reports on construction progress and plans for its use provide further background.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).