Na Ture Trail River O Ja
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Casalarreina to Ezcaray [La Rioja] [La Ezcaray to Casalarreina NIPO: 04 00 34 941 0034 Council: City Calzada la de Domingo Santo • TELEPHONES OF INTEREST: OF TELEPHONES RIVER OJA OJA RIVER DL: “Rioja”. word: famous versally - uni a in resulting contracted is etymology its as Community, NATURE TRAIL NATURE pathways is also your responsibility. responsibility. your also is pathways the River Oja has the honour of naming this Autonomous Autonomous this naming of honour the has Oja River the leave everything as you found it. The conservation of these these of conservation The it. found you as everything leave Najerilla, Iregua, Leza-Jubera, Cidacos or Alhama, but only only but Alhama, or Cidacos Leza-Jubera, Iregua, Najerilla, perience. We only ask one thing of you: do not forget to to forget not do you: of thing one ask only We perience. 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This nature trail begins in the ashlar stone bridge in the walnut, hazelnut and ash trees that leads to a new road CATHEDRAL OF SANTO DOMINGO DE LA town of Casalarreina, which crosses the Oja, and goes with another green bridge crossing a stream. The itine- CALZADA through the town centre towards Logroño during its rary runs adjacent to some horse stables until it reaches first stretch. the old train station of Ojacastro. The current church started its construction in 1158, and 2. After turning right towards Zarratón through national 5. From this municipality, the nature trail runs parallel to it still preserves a great part of the old floor plan. Later, road N-232, the trail continues towards a path located in the river, going under a limestone wall where humidity in the 16th century, the right part of the transept was the middle of a pear tree plantation, which can be seen favours the presence of holly trees. After that, it lea- lifted to house the sepulchre of Santo Domingo. to the right. Then, it crosses N-126 and continues straight ves a poplar forest with a recreational area to the left on surrounded by crops. After going past several vine- On the outside of this building, which was built as a and, shortly after, it ends next to the trail leading to the yards and a poplar forest, it meets two roads that exit the pilgrimage church –since it is located on the “French hermitage of Nuestra Señora de Allende, patron saint town of Castañares de la Rioja, crosses them both, and Way” towards Santiago de Compostela–, there are of Ezcaray. From this point, it continues straight ahead continues straight ahead through a dirt path. some elements that stand out: its two façades, its Ro- towards the old railway station where, crossing the manesque apse, which is decorated with beautiful mo- 3. The route continues straight, going through a recrea- River Oja one last time through a bridge on the right, it dillions and stained glass windows, and the Baroque tional area, a road and several farm paths among crop reaches Ezcaray. tower. Inside, the Romanesque presbytery, the choir, fields. After passing national roads N-120 and N-102, the chapel, the Gothic hen coop and, especially, the the trail arrives at Santo Domingo de la Calzada. At this Renaissance altarpiece, one of the most magnificent point, it crosses the street to the left towards a rounda- MONASTERY OF NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA works of the master of religious images Damián For- bout, where the right path is taken in a south-westerly PIEDAD IN CASALARREINA ment, deserve special attention. direction through an industrial park until we reach the Oja Greenway once again. The trail continues through This Dominican monastery started its construction in an area of scattered country houses and crops, in the 1514 by order of Juan Fernández de Velasco, bishop of presence of a landscape that lets the traveller admire the dioceses of Palencia and Calahorra, at the request the end of the valley and the beginning of the forests. of his niece, Isabel de Guzmán y Velasco, daughter of From there, the trail crosses several paths, some roads Juan Alonso Pérez de Guzmán y Orozco and Isabel and a green bridge over a stream. Fernández Velasco, after a concession made by Pope Julius II in 1509. It was inaugurated in 1522, when Pope 4. After passing by an intersection with a road among Adrian VI spent the night there on his way back to houses, the trail enters a wooded area of maple, cherry, Rome. It is the only Spanish monastery inaugurated by a Pope. Street from the town centre of Santo Monastery of Nuestra Señora de La Piedad Path towards Ojacastro railway station Domingo de la Calzada in the town of Casalarreina NORTHEASTERN PENINSULAR NORTHEASTERN SECTOR MIDE Trails Nature Harshness of natural environment 2 Upward gradient 315 m Guidance along the route 2 Downward gradient 5 m Route difficulty 1 ROUTE LENGHT 26,6 km Amount of effort needed 4 TIME 5 h 1 town point of interest Casalarreina Ezcaray Ojacastro Old station 900 Walkway Walkway Santo Domingo de la Calzada Castañares de Rioja 700 Bridge 600 500 400 m 0 km 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26,6 2 NATURE TRAIL NATURE RIVER OJA 3 End of trail of End Starting point Train station Train Bridge Underpass Junction 4 5 Walkway.