La Rioja
Famous wine region
La Rioja is famous for its wine, which exists in seven varieties, four of them red and three white.
Of major touristic interest is the the Camino de Santiago
(Way of Saint James), a part of which leads through La Rioja. The monasteries along that way are not only of high artistic but as well cultural importance, here was written the first text ever in Castilian Spanish.
Along Camino de Santiago are lined up monumental towns of great beauty: Calahorra, Arnedo, San Millan de la Cogolla,
Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and , founded already by Romans and today the region's capital.
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