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In the Middle Age the trips to Jerusalem,
Rome and Santiago de Compostela had a great importance.
Many pilgrims
crossed the Pyrenees to get at Galicia and to visit Santiago
apostle' tomb.
King Sancho III
the Greater one, who had the capital of his kingdom in
Nájera, modified the layout in century 11th taking it
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The city of Logroņo was
growing with the Way of Santiago. It was the only place, in
many kilometers, by which the Ebro river could be crossed
and here all the ways that went to Santiago de Compostela,
the Navarrese, the French and the one of the Ebro were met.
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The city of
Logroņo must its origin to the Way of Santiago, that
gives it impulse and development as of centuries 11th
and 12th. He was king Alfonso VI, after incorporating
the Rioja to Castile, that commanded to construct the
greater bridge of the Jacobeo Way. The old bridge had
a length of about 200 meters that was saved by means
of twelve arcs. It was constructed by Santo Domingo de
la Calzada and his disciple St. Juan de Ortega.
Shelters were
constructed, hermitages, convents and hospitals to
help the travelling ones and also restored fairs and
markets. At the present time the Fairs of Santo
Domingo subsist.
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The coming of people of
all the countries of Europe, brought for the Rioja and
Logroņo many changes for the form of life of its settlers.
The new cultural fashions of Europe (Provenįal poetry,
Romanesque Art were introduced...) and the economic activity
was favored. Many travellers when returning remained to live
in Logroņo, to which it contributed the Law granted to the
city by king Alfonso VI in 1095.
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Although the peregrination
decayed as of century 15th in the last years is receiving a
new favored height, partly by the improvement of the ways
and the shelters.
Route of Santiago de Compostela was proclaimed the
first European Cultural itinerary by the UNESCO. It has got
the Prize Prince of Asturias of the Concord 2004, which
recognizes its contribution for the building of Europe and
the creation of an european thought for
ages.
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