Ezcaray is a town and municipality in the Oja Valley in the

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origin.Historical and current Toponymy of the districts of Ezcaray, Valgañón, Zorraquín and Ojacastro (Rioja)
The town is situated at the base of the San Lorenzo peak and is from the

Valdezcaray Valdezcaray is a ski area situated near the resort town of Ezcaray in the upper Oja Valley of the Sierra de la Demanda, Sistema Ibérico, Iberian System (province of La Rioja (autonomous community), La Rioja, Spain). The resort It has 22 km ...

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Demographics

Population centres

* Ezcaray * Altuzarra * Ayabarrena * Azárrulla * Cilbarrena * Posadas *

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Politics

Places of interest

* Church of Santa María la Mayor * Royal Cloth Factory of Ezcaray * Hermitage of the Virgin of Allende * Hermitage of Saint Barbara * Palace of Barroeta * Calvary of Saint Lazarus File:Iglesia de Santa María la Mayor - Ezcaray DSC 4594 W.jpg, Church of Santa María la Mayor. File:2007 08 08 Ezcaray crucero San Lazaro.jpg, Calvary of Saint Lazarus. File:Real Fábrica de Paños- Ezcaray DSC 4586 W.jpg, Royal Cloth Factory of Ezcaray. File:Retablo de la ermita de Allende.jpg, Reredos of Hermitage of the Virgin of Allende.

Notable people

* Armando Buscarini, poet * Francisco Antonio Barbadillo Vitoria * Pedro Antonio Barroeta y Ángel, archbishop of Lima * Santiago Lope Gonzalo, musician and composer * Andrés de la Calleja, painter * Carlos Perujo * Jaime Nava

References

External links

Official website

Ski resort
(in Spanish)
Ezcaray
in the ''

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