Puente la Reina ( Spanish meaning literally the "bridge of the Queen"; Basque : Gares ) is a town and municipality located in the autonomous community of Navarre , in northern Spain .
3-617: Juan Pascual Antonio Arrieta Corera (20 October 1821 – 11 February 1894), also known as Emilio Arrieta, was a Spanish composer. Arrieta was born in Puente la Reina , Navarre . His Italian musical training led him, under the favour of Queen Isabel II , to concentrate on operatic writing; and though he later composed zarzuelas , he remained less committed to the renascent art form than his contemporaries such as Francisco Asenjo Barbieri , who continued to write in an essentially Italianate style throughout his life. His zarzuela Marina , one of
6-601: The most popular lyric stage works in the Spanish repertoire, has been produced and recorded both on CD and DVD many times. Arrieta died in Madrid , aged 70. Puente la Reina Puente la Reina lies between Pamplona and Estella on the Way of St. James pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela . It is the first town after the junction of the French Way ( Spanish : Camino Francés ),
9-536: The most popular route, and Aragonese Way . Queen Muniadona , wife of King Sancho III was the queen who gave her name to the town and the bridge, also known as the Puente Románico. She built the six-arched Romanesque bridge ( 42°40′16″N 1°49′07″W / 42.671117°N 1.818736°W / 42.671117; -1.818736 ) over the Arga for the use of pilgrims on their way to Santiago de Compostela along
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