Programme

FROM 27 TO 29

SEPTEMBER

2024

Praise

A eulogy is, by definition, a recognition of the ​merits or qualities of a person or thing by ​means of favourable expressions or speeches.

Sangüesa tries to pay tribute to the most ​important horticultural and gastronomic ​product in the life, history and economy of the ​town: the Pocha de Sangüesa.

Every year, at the end of September, a ​programme of activities is prepared so that ​locals and visitors can enjoy it with all their ​senses.

Market of local products, crafts, tasting of ​beans, wines and twinned products, music and ​a few surprises...

Are you going to miss it?

Twinning

Every year the Pocha de Sangüesa is twinned with a ​product from Navarre or outside it with the aim of ​creating alliances and learning from other ​experiences that help to promote local produce ​and local consumption.

In 2023 the Pocha de Sangüesa had the honour of ​being twinned with the Asparagus of Navarre, of ​which several portions could be tasted. We had a ​visit from its Brotherhood, which we received and ​awarded in the Plenary Hall.

The proceeds from the tasting (€1/product) went ​entirely to the Association of Sick Children of the ​Sangüesa Region (ANECS).

Twinnings:

2024:

2023: Asparagus from Navarre

2022: Relleno from Navarre

2019: Pirinea Trout from Yesa

2018: Beef from Petilla de Aragón

2017: Josena Infusions from Lumbier

2016: Piquillo Peppers from Lodosa

2015: Chilli from Ibarra

2014: Cascante Oil

2013: Espelette Pepper

2012: Sturgeon from Yesa

The Pocha

Considered a vegetable and highly valued by chefs and diners, it is a ​seasonal dish that is a must in Navarrese gastronomy from July to ​October, and even less so in the homes of the people of Sangües.

Pocha beans are a variety of white beans that are eaten fresh and ​are harvested before they reach maturity, hence their greenish ​ivory colour.

Although the ‘caparrona’ is the pocha par excellence in Sangüesa, ​three types are grown in different farms and market gardens in the ​town: the ‘caparrona’, the ‘rastrojera’ and the ‘medio palo’.

The traditional recipe is made using only vegetables: tomato, garlic, ​carrot, green pepper, onion, water, oil and salt.

Where

Sangüesa

Navarre

SANGÜESA

MONUMENTAL

CITY

Located in the east of Navarre, on the ​second branch of the French Way of St. ​James, it offers heritage, culture, ​nature, fiestas and, of course, ​gastronomy.

Here you will find the church of Santa ​María la Real and its imposing façade, a ​masterpiece of Spanish Romanesque ​architecture; the Baroque Vallesantoro ​Palace, with its spectacular wooden ​eaves; the palace-castle of the Prince of ​Viana; or the churches of Santiago and ​San Salvador; convents; corners... and ​very close by the Leyre and Peña ​mountain ranges; the Castle of Javier; the ​Arbayún and Lumbier gorges...

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