Superficy 5.033 km2 Population 263.080 hab. Capital Logrono Climate Temperatures
Winter: 6° Spring : 15°
Summer: 21° Automn : 13°
The territory of La Rioja (the name appeared in a
charter of 1099) was formerly known as the province of Logroño
for the fortified site around which it developed. The 12th-century
church Iglesia de Santa Maria de Palacio recalls its original as a
chapel of the administrative palace. Logroño was a borderland
disputed between the kings of Navarre and the kings of Castile starting
in the 10th century; the region was awarded to Castile in a judgement
by Henry I of England and annexed in 1173 (1177?). Its importance was
that here the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, the Camino de
Santiago, crossed the River Ebro on the stone bridge, the Puente de
Piedra.
The territory of La Rioja (the name appeared in a
charter of 1099) was formerly known as the province of Logroño
for the fortified site around which it developed. The 12th-century
church Iglesia de Santa Maria de Palacio recalls its original as a
chapel of the administrative palace. Logroño was a borderland
disputed between the kings of Navarre and the kings of Castile starting
in the 10th century; the region was awarded to Castile in a judgement
by Henry I of England and annexed in 1173 (1177?). Its importance was
that here the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela, the Camino de
Santiago, crossed the River Ebro on the stone bridge, the Puente de
Piedra.