Interesting facts

CALAHORRA: Two-thousand year old city, point of contact with the Roman highway from Asturica to Tarraco.  The city was called Calagurris by the Romans and Kalakoricos by the Iberian Celts.  The old Roman Forum was located in the Plaza del Raso.  For Christians, it is remembered as the site of the martyrdom of two Roman legionaries, Celedonius and Emeterius (year 300).  Calahorra had a bishop from the 4^th century.  As a result it was able to exercise great influence over the vast extension of the diocese for several centuries.  In 714 it was conquered by the Muslims, who strongly influenced the agriculture and the urban life of the region.   The city has a long pilgrim tradition, as can be seen in the baptismal font of the Cathedral of Santa María (16^th c.), which is covered with shells, gourds, and the image of St. James.  Also worth mentioning is the chapel of Christ in Agony and another one of “Christ of the Football.”   This important city has 23,000 inhabitants and offers restaurants, bicycle workshops, drugstores, health center, supermarkets, banks, and tourism office (Calle Ángel Olivan, 8. Tel: 941 105 061.  Open from Tuesday to Saturday, AM and PM.  Sundays only in the AM.)