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The town of Santo Domingo de la Calzada began as a few houses built around the hermitage of the saint in his lifetime. At this death in 1109, the village had grown in population. Alfonso VI of Castile annexed La Rioja in 1076 and seeing that Dominic's efforts contributed to the Castilianization of the region, decided to support him and his ...
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 .
Plaza del Santo, torre exenta (torre separada del cuerpo principal de la catedral), es obra de Martín de Beratúa bajo el patrocinio del obispo Andrés Porras y Temes en 1762; City shown: Santo Domingo de la Calzada: Width: 6,031 px: Height: 7,906 px: Bits per component: 8; 8; 8; Compression scheme: Uncompressed: Pixel composition: RGB ...
The altar of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, Zaragoza, sculpted by Damià Forment between 1509-12.. Damià Forment (Alcorisa (Teruel) [1] ca. 1475/1480 – Santo Domingo de la Calzada, 1540) [2] [3] was an Aragonese Spanish architect and sculptor, considered the most important Spanish sculptor of the 16th century.
Vanguardia (English: Vanguard), formerly Vanguardia Liberal, is a Colombian regional newspaper, founded in September 1919 in Bucaramanga, Colombia, by Alejandro Galvis Galvis, whose descendants are its current owners. It was formerly known as Vanguardia Liberal, until it changed its name in March 2019 [1]
The town is named after Saint Dominic de la Calzada, who aided the pilgrims travelling through the district. Dominic died in 1109. [ 1 ] He was buried in the village church, which became a collegiate church later in the 12th century and was rebuilt on a more ambitious scale.
The Diocese of Calahorra and La Calzada-Logroño (Latin: Dioecesis Calaguritanus et Calceatensis – Lucroniensis )) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church located in the cities of Calahorra, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Logroño in the ecclesiastical province of Pamplona y Tudela in Spain. [1] [2]
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