Tudela Museum – Decanal Palace
Calle Roso, 2 (next to the Cathedral)
31500 Tudela

The recently-created museum of Tudela, inaugurated on 26^th June 2000, is located in the decanal palace adjoining the cathedral. The palace dates back to the 15^th century, with major architectural modifications taking place at the beginning of the 16^th century, directed by Don Pedro de Villalón y Calcena, the most famous of the deans of Tudela, to make the palace fit to accommodate kings and popes whenever they passed through the city. Further modifications and extensions to the palace were undertaken in the 18^th and 19^th centuries. The palace rooms serve to exhibit items of religious art from various churches in Tudela: a collection of statues of different periods and styles, Renaissance altar pieces, some magnificent silverware, Baroque canvases, principally the work of Vicente Berdusán, considered to be the best 17^th century painter in Navarre, and oil paintings such as the 16^th century Final Judgement, attributed to El Bosco. Also on display are the archaeological vestiges of the former mosque of Tudela and a collection of pottery items. Visitors can also enjoy a walk through the cathedral cloisters, a unique piece of architecture and a superb example of the Spanish Romanesque style. The Cathedral adjoins the museum, housing artistic works of incalculable value from the medieval period (the Romanesque White Virgin, the 15^th century Gothic altarpieces, burial sculpture), the renaissance period (choir by Esteban de Obray) and the baroque period (Chapels of St Ana and the Holy Spirit).