Ezcaray

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| subdivision_type2 = Autonomous community

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| subdivision_type3 = Province

| subdivision_name3 = La Rioja

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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

| Partido_7 = PSOE/PP

| 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

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