• Source: 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.
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.




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Notable people


Henry II of Castile died in the city in 1379
Gustavo Bueno
Jerónimo Hermosilla
Ángel Augusto de Monasterio




See also


Dominic de la Calzada




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(in Spanish) Historia, cultura, gastronomía y actividades de Santo Domingo de la Calzada

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• Katedral Santo Domingo de la Calzada
• Keuskupan Calahorra dan La Calzada–Logroño
• 522 Martir Spanyol
• Winnenden
• Daftar katedral di Spanyol
• Daftar munisipalitas di La Rioja
• Daftar munisipalitas di Toledo
• Provinsi di Bolivia
• Daftar keuskupan Gereja Katolik (alfabetis)
• Daftar keuskupan Gereja Katolik (tabel)
• Santo Domingo de la Calzada
• Santo Domingo de la Calzada Cathedral
• La Rioja
• Dominic de la Calzada
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Calahorra y La Calzada-Logroño
• Comarca de Santo Domingo de la Calzada
• Santo Domingo (disambiguation)
• Santo Domingo Cathedral
• Henry II of Castile
• CDFC La Calzada