Nájera - Citizendia

Nájera

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Location in La Rioja. La Rioja is a province and autonomous community of northern Spain.

Coordinates: 42°25′N 2°44′W / 42.417, -2.733

Rioja Alta

Government

- Mayor

Marta Martínez García (PP)

Area

- Total

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Elevation

485 m (1,591 ft)

Population (2007)

- Total

8,073

- Density

215. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 63/km² (558. 5/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

- Summer (DST)

CET (UTC+2)

25 km to Logroño

Website: http://www.nájera.es

Monastery

Nájera (Basque: Naiara) is a small city located in the "Rioja Alta" district of La Rioja, Spain on the river Najerilla. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Daylight saving time ( DST UTC+2 corresponds to the following Time zones Eastern European Time Egypt Standard Time Central Africa Time Logroño is a city in northern Spain, on the Ebro River. It is the capital of the Autonomous community of La Rioja, formerly known as Logroño Basque ( native name: euskara) is the Language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain La Rioja is a province and autonomous community of northern Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. The area attracted the Romans, who built the city of Tritium on the territories that today are the municipalities of Nájera and Tricio. Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC Nájera is a name of Arabic origin, as the town was ruled by Muslims from North Africa. A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan

The town was conquered by Ordoño II of Leon for Navarre in 923. Ordoño II ( أردون بن إذفنش ( Urdūn ibn Iḍfunš) (c Nájera was the capital city of the kingdom of Navarre before being conquered by Castile in 1054 after the battle of Atapuerca. Kingdom of Castile was one of the medieval kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula. The Battle of Atapuerca was fought in 1 September 1054 at the site of Piedrahita ("standing stone" in the valley of Atapuerca between brothers However, it continued to be multi-cultural. For example, in 1142 there was a visit from a French abbot Peter the Venerable. Peter the Venerable (about 1092 – December 25, 1156 in Cluny, France) also known as Peter of Montboissier, abbot of He used his visit to Spain to commission translations of important Islamic works, including the first translation of the Qur'an into a European language, and it has been suggested he met with his four translators at Najera. The Qur’an ( القرآن, literally "the recitation" also sometimes transliterated as Qur’ān, Koran, Alcoran From the tenth century Nájera had a prosperous Jewish community, which was granted relatively favourable legal status after the Christian conquest. PLEASE TAKE NOTE************

The church of Santa María la Real was founded by the King of Navarre in 1052. The monastery of Santa Maria la Real is located in the small town of Najera in the La Rioja province of Spain. Santa María la Real was briefly a see and was a monastic community from its foundation until the nineteenth century. An episcopal see is the ecclesiastical domain of authority of a Bishop. It is important as the burial-place of Spanish kings, in which respect it has been compared to El Escorial. El Escorial is one of the Spanish royal sites and functions as a monastery royal palace museum and school The Black Prince fought in the Battle of Nájera (Navarette) in 1367 on behalf of Pedro of Castile. Peter (or Pedro; August 30, 1334 &ndash March 23, 1369) sometimes called the Cruel ( el Cruel) or Nájera is a stopping point on the Way of St James (Camino de Santiago in Spanish). The Way of St James or St James' Way ( Galician O camiño de Santiago, Spanish name El Camino de Santiago)

The population of Nájera in 2007 was 8,073.

See also