Church Of Santa María De Palacio (Logroño)
The Church of Santa María de Palacio (Spanish: ''Iglesia de Santa María de Palacio'') is a church located in Logroño, Spain. It was declared ''Bien de Interés Cultural'' in 1943. Reredos The reredos, created by Italian artists, was originally built for the Co-cathedral of Santa María de la Redonda, but the cathedral chapter According to both Catholic and Anglican canon law, a cathedral chapter is a college of clerics ( chapter) formed to advise a bishop and, in the case of a vacancy of the episcopal see in some countries, to govern the diocese during the vacancy. ... rejected it because it contained coats of arms of the donor, Arnao de Bruselas, being donated to the church of Palacio. File:Iglesia de Santa María de Palacio (Logroño). Interior.jpg File:Logroño - Iglesia de Santa María del Palacio 13.jpg File:Logroño - Iglesia de Santa María del Palacio 05.jpg File:Logroño - Iglesia de Santa María del Palacio 08.jpg File:Sepultura del prior Juan de Vergara . Igl ...
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Logroño
Logroño () is the capital of the province of La Rioja, situated in northern Spain. Traversed in its northern part by the Ebro River, Logroño has historically been a place of passage, such as the Camino de Santiago. Its borders were disputed between the Iberian kingdoms of Castille, Navarre and Aragon during the Middle Ages. The population of the city in 2021 was 150,808 while the metropolitan area included nearly 200,000 inhabitants. The city is a centre of trade of Rioja wine, for which the area is noted, and manufacturing of wood, metal and textile products. Etymology Origin of the name The origin of this toponym is, as for many other places, unknown. The name ''Lucronio'' was first used in a document from 965 where García Sánchez I of Pamplona donated the so-called place to the Monastery of San Millán. In the fuero from 1095 it appeared under the name ''Logronio'', except once when it was called ''illo Gronio''. The most broadly accepted theses seem to be those ...
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