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Calahorra

Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain

Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
is located in the comarca of La Rioja Baja, near the border with Navarre

Navarre

Navarre is a region in northern Spain, constituting one of its autonomous communities in Spain - the "Foral Community of Navarre" ....
on the right bank of the Ebro

Ebro

The Ebro is Spain's most voluminous river. Its source is in Fontibre . It flows through cities such as Miranda de Ebro, Logro?o, Zaragoza, Flix, Tortosa, and Amposta before discharging in a river delta on the Mediterranean Sea in the province of Tarragona ....
.

The city is located on a hill at an altitude of 358 metres at the confluence of the Ebro and Cidacos rivers, and has an area of 91.41 km². Calahorra is the second-largest city in La Rioja in population and importance, after the capital, Logroño

Logroño

Logro?o is a city in northern Spain, on the Ebro River. It is the capital of the autonomous community of La Rioja , formerly known as Logro?o Province....
. Its population is 21,060 people.

It is well connected to other cities, especially by highway.

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Calahorra, La Rioja, Spain

Spain

Navarre

Navarre is a region in northern Spain, constituting one of its autonomous communities in Spain - the "Foral Community of Navarre" ....
on the right bank of the Ebro

Ebro

Logroño

Zaragoza

Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English language, is the capital city of the Zaragoza and of the Autonomous communities of Spain and former Kingdom of Aragon of Aragon, Spain....
and 180 km from Bilbao

Bilbao

Bilbao, is the largest city in the Basque Country in northern Spain and the capital of the province of Biscay .The city has 354,145 inhabitants and is the most financially and industrially active part of Greater Bilbao, the zone in which almost half of the Basque Country?s population lives....
, and is connected to these cities by national highway 232

N-232

The N-232 is a highway in Spain. It broadly follows the Rio Ebro from Logro?o to the coast. It starts south east of Logro?o at the Autov?a LO-20 and runs parallel to the Autopista AP-68....
, the A-68 motorway (Vasco-Aragonesa

Autopista AP-68

The Autopista AP-68 is a highway in Spain. It connects Zaragoza with Bilbao via Tudela, Calahorra and Logro?o.It has junctions with Autov?a A-2, Autov?a A-15, Autov?a A-1 and ending at the Autov?a A-8....
) and the Bilbao-Zaragoza rail line.

Its daily bus services link it to such cities as Pamplona

Pamplona

Pamplona is the capital city of Navarre, Spain and of the former kingdom of Navarre.The city is famous worldwide for the San Ferm?n festival, from July 6 to 14, in which the running of the bulls or encierro is one of the main attractions....
, Soria

Soria

Soria is a city in north-central Spain, the capital of the Soria in the autonomous communities of Spain of Castile and Le?n. The municipality had a population of 39,078 in 2008 - nearly 40% of the population of the province....
, and San Sebastián

San Sebastián

Donostia-San Sebasti?n is the capital city of the Provinces of Spain of Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country , Spain. Locals call themselves donostiarras, both in Basque and Spanish....
.

Its status as seat of a comarca and judicial district make it a service-industry city, in administrative, commercial, and leisure fields.

History

Calahorra has been inhabited since the Paleolithic

Paleolithic

The Paleolithic or Palaeolithic or "Old Stone" era is a Prehistory era distinguished by the development of the first stone tools, and covers roughly 99% of human history....
, and its stable population dates to the Iron Age

Iron Age

In archaeology, the Iron Age was the stage in the development of any people in which tools and weapons whose main ingredient was iron were prominent....
.

Rome

Roman Empire

The Roman Empire was the Roman Republic phase of the Ancient Rome, characterised by an autocracy form of government and large territorial holdings in Europe and around the Mediterranean....
conquered the town in 187 BC and brought it to its highest point of importance as an administrative centre for surrounding regions.

Calahorra supported Quintus Sertorius

Quintus Sertorius

Quintus Sertorius was a Roman statesman and general, born in Nursia, in Sabine territory, around 124 BC.After acquiring some reputation in Rome as a jurist and an orator, he began a military career....
in his war against Pompey

Pompey

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, commonly known as Pompey /'p?mpi/, Pompey the Great or Pompey the Triumvir , was a distinguished military and political leader of the late Roman Republic....
, whom the city resisted successfully since 76 BC. It was only taken four years later by Pompey's legate Lucius Afranius

Lucius Afranius (consul)

Lucius Afranius, died 46 BC in Africa province, was a loyal legatus and plebs of Pompey the Great. He served with Pompey during his Iberian Peninsula campaigns against Sertorius in the late 70's, and remained in his service right through to the Roman Republican civil wars....
, after a lot of inhabitants had died from starvation and there had occurred cannibalism.

Julius Caesar

Julius Caesar

'Gaius Julius Caesar' , July 13, 100 BC ? March 15, 44 BC,) was a Roman Republic military and political leader. He played a critical role in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire....
and Augustus Caesar gave the city (then named Calagurris) numerous distinctions, converted it into a municipality, and developed its city planning, economy, and politics. Its archeological remains show that it had a circus, baths, an amphitheatre, and other services found in large cities. It minted money and served as a justice administration centre.

Quintilian

Quintilian

Marcus Fabius Quintilianus was a Roman Empire rhetorician from Hispania, widely referred to in Middle ages schools of rhetoric and in Renaissance writing....
, well known for his descriptions of the culture of that time, was born in Calahorra, and the Parador

Parador

Parador, in Spain and other Spanish language-speaking countries, is a kind of luxury hotel, usually located in History buildings such as monastery and castles....
in the city is named after him. It has Roman ruins in the grounds.

Saints Emeterius and Celedonius, martyred in the city around 305 AD, are the patron saints of the city, and the city's coat-of-arms depict their names. The cathedral is dedicated to them.

After the rule of the Moors in the 9th and 10th centuries the Christian king García Sánchez III of Navarre captured the city in 1045.

Twin cities

Monte Compatri
Monte Compatri

Monte Compatri is a comune in the Province of Rome in the Italy region Latium, located about 20 km southeast of Rome on the Alban Hills. IT is one of the Castelli Romani....
, Italy
Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic , is a country located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe and on the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea, Sicily and Sardinia....

Caussade
Caussade

Caussade is a town and commune in France in the Tarn-et-Garonne d?partement in France of France, in the Midi-Pyr?n?es r?gion in France....
, France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....

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