Santo Domingo de la Calzada
Santo Domingo de la Calzada is a municipality in La Rioja, Spain, situated on the banks of the Oja River. Its name refers to its founder, Dominic de la Calzada, who built a bridge, hospital, and hotel here for pilgrims on the French Way the most popular path of the Way of St. James. He began construction of the town's Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada is buried within and it is dedicated to him.[2]
Santo Domingo de la Calzada | |
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Municipality | |
Coat of arms | |
Santo Domingo de la Calzada Location in La Rioja Santo Domingo de la Calzada Location in Spain | |
| Coordinates: 42°26′31″N 2°57′9″W / 42.44194°N 2.95250°W | |
| Country | Spain |
| Autonomous Community | La Rioja (Spain) |
| Province | La Rioja |
| Comarca | Santo Domingo de la Calzada |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Agustín García Metola (PSOE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 40 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Elevation (AMSL) | 641 m (2,103 ft) |
| Population (2018)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,231 |
| • Density | 160/km2 (400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST (GMT +2)) |
| Postal code | 26250 |
| Area code | +34 (Spain) + 941 (La Rioja) |
| Website | Town Hall |
Philosopher Gustavo Bueno Martínez 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.[3]
Politics edit
| Term | Mayor | Political Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1979–1983 | Rodolfo Varona Aransay | Grouping of electors |
| 1983–1987 | Rodolfo Varona Aransay | PR |
| 1987–1991 | José Ramón Mendi Barrón | UCD |
| 1991–1995 | Javier Ruiz Aznárez | PSOE |
| 1995–1999 | Esther Vargas Domingo | PP |
| 1999–2003 | Esther Vargas Domingo | PP |
| 2003–2007 | Agustín García Metola | PSOE |
| 2007–2011 | Agustín García Metola | PSOE |
| 2011–2015 | Javier Azpeitia Sáez | PP |
| 2015–2019 | Agustín García Metola | PSOE |
| 2019–2023 | Javier Ruiz Bartolomé | PSOE |
| 2023– | n/d | n/d |
Notable people edit
- Henry II of Castile died in the city in 1379
- Gustavo Bueno
- Jerónimo Hermosilla
- Ángel Augusto de Monasterio
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ^ Gitlitz & Davidson, The Pilgrimage Road to Santiago: The Complete Cultural Handbook, 2000, St Martin's Press, ISBN 0-312-25416-4
- ^ Gitlitz & Davidson, pp.154-5
External links edit
- (in Spanish) Historia, cultura, gastronomía y actividades de Santo Domingo de la Calzada
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