Santo Domingo de la Calzada is a municipality in
La Rioja
La Rioja () is an autonomous community and province in Spain, in the north of the Iberian Peninsula. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Nà ...
, Spain, situated on the banks of the
Oja River
Rio Oja is a river in the La Rioja province of northern Spain. It flows through the Oja Valley past the town and municipality of Ezcaray
Ezcaray is a town and municipality in the Oja Valley in the La Rioja region of northern Spain.
The name is ...
. Its name refers to its founder,
Dominic de la Calzada
Dominic de la Calzada (or Dominic of the Causeway) ( es, Santo Domingo de la Calzada) (1019 – 12 May 1109) was a saint from a cottage in Burgos very close to La Rioja.
Life
Born Domingo GarcÃa in Viloria de Rioja, he was the son of a peasant ...
, who built a bridge, hospital, and hotel here for pilgrims on the
French Way
The French Way ( gl, Camiño francés, es, Camino francés, , literally the "way of the Franks") is the GR 65 and the most popular of the routes of the Way of St. James ( es, Camino de Santiago), the ancient pilgrimage route to Santiago de Com ...
the most popular path of the
Way of St. James
The Camino de Santiago ( la, Peregrinatio Compostellana, "Pilgrimage of Compostela"; gl, O Camiño de Santiago), known in English as the Way of St James, is a network of pilgrims' ways or pilgrimages leading to the shrine of the Twelve Apostle ...
. He began construction of the town's
Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada
The Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada is a Roman Catholic cathedral in the village of Santo Domingo de la Calzada in La Rioja, Spain. It is dedicated to the Saviour and St Mary.
History
Santo Domingo de la Calzada is on the Camino de Sa ...
is buried within and it is dedicated to him.
Philosopher
Gustavo Bueno MartÃnez was born here in 1924.
Santo Domingo de la Calzada is also the site of the miracle of the "hanged innocent" a pilgrim wrongly accused of theft. The witnesses for his successful appeal, a pair of beheaded, supposedly cooked chickens are represented by their descendants, a pair of whom are kept at all times in the choir loft of the cathedral. Other descendants are kept in the local pilgrimage refuge.
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Politics
Notable people
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Henry II of Castile
Henry II (13 January 1334 – 29 May 1379), called Henry of Trastámara or the Fratricidal (''el Fratricida''), was the first King of Castile and León from the House of Trastámara. He became king in 1369 by defeating his half-brother Peter the ...
died in the city in 1379
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Gustavo Bueno
Gustavo Bueno MartÃnez (1 September 1924 – 7 August 2016) was a Spanish philosopher, founder of a philosophical doctrine dubbed by himself as "philosophical materialism".
Pupil of the national-syndicalist Santiago Montero DÃaz, Bueno's id ...
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Jerónimo Hermosilla
Jerónimo (European Portuguese and Spanish) or Jerônimo (Brazilian Portuguese) may refer to:
* Jerónimo (name), a given or surname, Jerome in English
** Jeronimo (singer) (born 1990), Dutch pop singer and actor
* Jeronimo (band), German band of ...
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Ãngel Augusto de Monasterio
See also
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Dominic de la Calzada
Dominic de la Calzada (or Dominic of the Causeway) ( es, Santo Domingo de la Calzada) (1019 – 12 May 1109) was a saint from a cottage in Burgos very close to La Rioja.
Life
Born Domingo GarcÃa in Viloria de Rioja, he was the son of a peasant ...
References
External links
Historia, cultura, gastronomÃa y actividades de Santo Domingo de la Calzada
Municipalities in La Rioja (Spain)
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