Pedro Bereterra, at your service
Naples, 1528 The Navarro navy, military and engineer Pedro Bereterra was killed in the castle of Castelnuovo. Carlos V.aren was captured by Spanish soldiers and, apparently, was asphyxiated by the governor of the castle himself, to allow the esteemed Bereterra to avoid the dishonor of the gallows.
It was born around 1460 in Garden, Roncal. As a young man he travelled to Italy with Genoese merchants he allegedly met in Sangüesa. He began working at his service and was later under the orders of Cardinal Juan, son of Fernando I.aren, king of Naples, until his death in 1485.
It seems that even the corsario served Naples, although we have no news of anything in particular. He joined the Florentines against Genoa. It also managed to catch a boat from the Republic of Venice, which was the main maritime power of the Adriatic.
In 1500 he was apprehended by the Army of Castile and Aragon and joined them, mainly for the wars of the north of África.Particip or in the conquest of Oran and in the battles of Bugia and Tripoli, among others, and in the same Italy he fought the French. Fernando the Catholic awarded him the title of Count of Oliveto and obtained the post of Captain General. The French arrested him in Ravenna in 1512 and, after three years of imprisonment, renounced his title as Count and his charges and joined the French against the Spaniards who had formerly belonged to him, until he was locked up and killed for the last time.
Some historians, especially Spanish military historiography, have described Pedro Bereterra as traitor, but the truth is that, instead of providing his service to the armies, it was the armies that demanded his service. If he was right-handed at sea, his land-based capabilities were even more appreciated. He used innovative methods to organize infantry and, above all, invented specific mines to attack the fortifications, which influenced the war strategies of the time.
In Pamplona/Iruña there is an avenue called Conde Oliveto. Considering that he resigned the title, it is not known whether it was in his honor or in his repulsion where the street was baptized.
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