Camino de Santiago - Santo Domingo de la Calzada

Along a quiet road through the sloping land of Rioja in Spain, you reach Santa Domingo de la Calzada, a municipality located on the banks of the Oja River. Its name refers to its founder, Santo Dominic de la Calzada "the holy one of the road." He grew up as a shepherd and felt called to monastic life. In that period he was mainly protector of the pilgrimage for which he was rewarded by King Alfonso with some land where he built a church.
He had already built a hospital for the pilgrims, which is still a very popular stopping place to contemporary pilgrims.The town's Cathedral is dedicated to St. James.

Camino de Santiago is on the UNESCO world heritage list.
De route naar Santiago de Compostela staat op de werelderfgoedlijst van UNESCO.

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