Ezcaray

Ezcaray

Ezcaray

Municipality in Spain

Ezcaray is a town and municipality in the Oja Valley in the La Rioja region of northern Spain.

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The name is of Basque origin.[2] The town is situated at the base of the San Lorenzo peak and is 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) from the Valdezcaray ski area.

Demographics

Population centres

Politics

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Places of interest

  • Church of Santa María la Mayor
  • Royal Cloth Factory of Ezcaray
  • Hermitage of the Virgin of Allende
  • Hermitage of Saint Barbara
  • Palace of Barroeta
  • Calvary of Saint Lazarus
  • Church of Santa María la Mayor.
  • Calvary of Saint Lazarus.
  • Royal Cloth Factory of Ezcaray.
  • Reredos of Hermitage of the Virgin of Allende.

Notable people

  • Armando Buscarini, poet
  • Francisco Antonio Barbadillo Vitoria
  • Pedro Antonio Barroeta y Ángel, archbishop of Lima
  • Santiago Lope Gonzalo, musician and composer
  • Andrés de la Calleja, painter
  • Carlos Perujo
  • Jaime Nava

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. [2]
    Historical and current Toponimy of the districts of Ezcaray, Valgañón, Zorraquín and Ojacastro (Rioja)[permanent dead link] (in Spanish)
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