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Cañas, La Rioja
Municipality in La Rioja, Spain / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cañas is a municipality of La Rioja, Spain. It was the birthplace of Saint Dominic of Silos (1000-1073).
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Cañas | |
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Coordinates: 42°23′30″N 2°50′47″W | |
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Comarca | Nájera |
Government | |
• Mayor | Domingo de Silos Merino Bravo (PP) |
Area | |
• Total | 9.72 km2 (3.75 sq mi) |
Elevation | 643 m (2,110 ft) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 97 |
Website | www |
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The abbey of Santa María de San Salvador de Cañas for Cistercian nuns was founded in this town by Lope Díaz I de Haro and his wife Aldonza in 1169 and 1170.[1] Its wealth and power culminated during the 13th century under the abbess Urraca Díaz de Haro, between 1222 and 1262.[2] The nuns benefited from the patronage of the Haro family until its extinction in 1322.[3] The community is still active today and retains fragments of its medieval library, particularly a complete Burgundian antiphonary from around 1200, and a Castilian missal from 1267 to 1279.[4]