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 in the town for Christian pilgrims on the French Way, the most popular path of the Way of St. James. De la Calzada began constructing the town's Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada.^[when?] He is buried within, and it is dedicated to him.^[2]

Santo Domingo de la Calzada
Municipality
Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 42°26′31″N 2°57′9″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 was born in the town in 1924.^{[citation needed]} Santo Domingo de la Calzada is also the site of the supposed miracle of the "hanged innocent," a pilgrim wrongly accused of theft. The witnesses for the thief's 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

List of mayors since the democratic elections of 1979

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

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

See also

• Dominic de la Calzada