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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).
Cañas | |
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![]() Church of the Assumption | |
Coordinates: 42°23′30″N 2°50′47″W | |
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Autonomous community | ![]() |
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 |
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]
Term | Mayor | Political Party |
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1979–1983 | Julián Allona Ugarte | UCD |
1983–1987 | Ricardo Cereceda Merino | AP |
1987–1991 | Roberto de Carta Sáenz | PSOE |
1991–1995 | José Antonio Merino Hernáiz | PP |
1995–1999 | José Antonio Merino Hernáiz | PP |
1999–2003 | José Antonio Merino Hernáiz | PP |
2003–2007 | José Antonio Merino Hernáiz | PP |
2007–2011 | José Antonio Merino Hernáiz | PP |
2011–2015 | José Antonio Merino Hernáiz | PP |
2015–2019 | Domingo de Silos Merino Bravo | PP |
2019–2023 | n/d | n/d |
2023– | n/d | n/d |
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