Ezcaray
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| subdivision_type2 = Autonomous community
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| subdivision_type3 = Province
| subdivision_name3 = La Rioja
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| area_total_km2 = 14.69
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| timezone = CET
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| postal_code = 26280
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Ezcaray is a town and municipality in the Oja Valley in the La Rioja region of northern Spain.
The name is of Basque origin.[http://www.euskomedia.org/PDFAnlt/literatura/18017047.pdf Historical and current Toponymy of the districts of Ezcaray, Valgañón, Zorraquín and Ojacastro (Rioja)]{{Dead link|date=November 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|es}}
The town is situated at the base of the San Lorenzo peak and is {{Convert|13|km|mi}} from the Valdezcaray ski area.
Demographics
=Population centres=
Politics
{{Spanish_Mayors
| Alcalde_1 = José Antonio Cornejo Vitoria
| Partido_1 = PSOE
| Alcalde_2 =
| Partido_2 = AP
| Alcalde_3 = Manuel Ángel Vilches Martín
| Partido_3 = PSOE
| Alcalde_4 = Rodolfo Valgañón Mateo
| Partido_4 = PR
| Alcalde_5 = Fernando Sanz Úbeda
| Partido_5 = PP
| Alcalde_6 = Fernando Sanz Úbeda
| Partido_6 = PP
| Alcalde_7 = Jesús Garrido Arrea/ Juan Carlos Sáez Gómez
| Alcalde_8 = Jesús Garrido Arrea
| Partido_8 = PSOE
| Alcalde_9 = Diego Bengoa de la Cruz
| Partido_9 = PP
| Alcalde_10 = Diego Bengoa de la Cruz
| Partido_10 = PP
| Alcalde_11 = Gonzalo Abajo Monge
| Partido_11 = PSOE
}}
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
File:Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor - Ezcaray DSC 4594 W.jpg|Church of Santa María la Mayor.
File:2007 08 08 Ezcaray crucero San Lazaro.jpg|Calvary of Saint Lazarus.
File:Real Fábrica de Paños- Ezcaray DSC 4586 W.jpg|Royal Cloth Factory of Ezcaray.
File:Retablo de la ermita de Allende.jpg|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
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://www.ezcaray.org/ Official website]
- [http://www.valdezcaray.es/ Ski resort] (in Spanish)
- [http://www.euskomedia.org/aunamendi/50172 Ezcaray] in the Auñamendi Encyclopedia {{in lang|es}}
{{Municipalities in La Rioja}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Municipalities in La Rioja (Spain)
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