Santo Domingo de la Calzada, La Rioja, Spain
🇪🇸 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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Santo Domingo de la Calzada has a population of over 6,231 people. Santo Domingo de la Calzada also forms the centre of the wider Santo Domingo de la Calzada District which has a population of over 9,621 people. It is also a part of the larger La Rioja area. Santo Domingo de la Calzada is situated near Logroño.
Twin Towns - Sister Cities Santo Domingo de la Calzada has links with:
🇩🇪 Winnenden, Germany🇪🇸 Pontevedra 42.433
🇧🇬 Stara Zagora 42.427
🇯🇵 Noboribetsu 42.409
🇨🇦 Chatham-Kent 42.4
🇪🇸 Miranda de Ebro -2.933
🏴 Ellesmere Port -2.902
Locations Near: Santo Domingo de la Calzada -2.95,42.433
🇪🇸 Miranda de Ebro -2.933,42.683 d: 27.9
🇪🇸 Vitoria -2.684,42.842 d: 50.5
🇪🇸 Vitoria-Gasteiz -2.684,42.842 d: 50.5
🇪🇸 Vitoria Gasteiz -2.683,42.85 d: 51.2
🇪🇸 Logroño -2.446,42.465 d: 41.5
🇪🇸 Durango -2.627,43.172 d: 86.3
🇪🇸 Soria -2.469,41.765 d: 84.2
Antipodal to: Santo Domingo de la Calzada 177.05,-42.433
🇳🇿 Masterton 175.664,-40.95 d: 19814
🇳🇿 Upper Hutt 175.05,-41.133 d: 19795.1
🇳🇿 Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19792.5
🇳🇿 Lower Hutt 174.917,-41.217 d: 19792.5
🇳🇿 Palmerston North 175.61,-40.357 d: 19754.9
🇳🇿 Wellington 174.767,-41.283 d: 19786.9
🇳🇿 Porirua 174.84,-41.131 d: 19781.6
🇳🇿 Hastings 176.843,-39.645 d: 19704.6