Santo Domingo de la Calzada
Santo Domingo de la Calzada | |
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Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada | |
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+34 (Spain) + 941 (La Rioja) | |
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Santo Domingo de la Calzada is a municipality in
Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada is buried within and it is dedicated to him.[2]
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
| Term | Mayor | Political Party |
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| 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
- Henry II of Castile died in the city in 1379
- Gustavo Bueno
- Jerónimo Hermosilla
- Ángel Augusto de Monasterio
See also
References
- ^ Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
- ISBN 0-312-25416-4
- ^ Gitlitz & Davidson, pp.154-5
External links
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