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This was the case for Pamplona (65) and several Pyrenees towns, including Jaca (66), Espelunca (67), Hecho (69), Ansó (70), Berdún (71), Ainsa (72), Santa Elena (73) and Benasque (74). The general plan for defending the passes in the Aragon Pyrenees had actually arisen towards the end of the 16th century, since it was feared that they would be used as access routes by France.

The Spanish-French war came to an end in 1659 and, that same year, Luis Méndez de Haro, as the plenipotentiary representative of the Spanish crown, and Cardinal Mazarino, on behalf of France, met on the Isla de los Faisanes, a small island on the Bidasoa river, to finally negotiate the peace that they both desired; these scenes can be seen on documents 227 and 228.

- The Catalan uprising.

The Catalan uprising became another episode of the Spanish-French conflict as soon as the Principality fell under French sovereignty when Louis XIII of France was proclaimed the new Count of Barcelona (January, 1641). There are numerous images related to the Catalan war in the Military Archives of Stockholm. The geographical position of Catalonia, a door into Spain for the French enemy and a nerve centre of the Mediterranean, meant that peace in the region was a priority for the Spanish crown. This collection includes representations of numerous places that played a fundamental role in the war. Most of them are manuscript documents of great historic value that were created to respond to the strategic and military needs of both the royal army and the French-Catalan forces. All the plans