HISTORICAL AND ARTISTIC 2. - ST ANA´S HERMITAGE HERITAGE The hermitage of St. Ana, also in the baroque FESTIVALS AND TRADITIONS ST MARTIN´S CHURCH style, is two kilometres from “LA HERMEDAÑA” FESTIVAL IN A late Gothic period building, St. Martin’s Entrena. During ENTRENA church has a single aisle and several chapels the “Hermedaña between the buttresses. There is an festival” there is In 1836 there were 30 villages that celebrated outstanding choir with carved chairs, a an important the pilgrimage to “La Hermedaña” hermitage magnificent baroque altarpiece, paintings of procession from on Moncalvillo mountain. But since in that St. Martin and St. Ana, the chest in the the village in which everyone participates. year the hermitage partially collapsed, the sacristy and the main entrance door. tradition soon died away. Now, only Entrena and Sorzano celebrate this festival. 3.- THE CROSS The “La Hermedaña´s” pilgrimage is on Pentecost Monday (fifty days after Easter In the main square of Entrena, there is a 17th Sunday). On this day many people from century cross. It has six images carved into Entrena go to an small hermitage for mass, the base, including one of Calvary Hill with and then go to a nearby spring, “Las Riberas” Jesus on the Cross. Uniquely in Spain, there where they have a community picnic, is no image of the Virgin Mary in this scene. followed by singing and dancing. There is another excellent carving of the “Piety” but unfortunately it is in poor condition. PLACES TO VISIT ENTRENA LA RIOJA-SPAIN Entrena is an agricultural community VINEYARD REFUGE AND GUARD situated 13 kilometres south of Logroño. HOUSE The population is 1.239. Vegetables and grapes are the primary products of the A unique architectural structure found in the region, and so conserves and canning has vineyards of La Rioja, a refuge was built of become an important industry. stones placed in a circular pattern, sloping The town is situated on a hill, and the inwards as it rises in a beehive shape. They main architectural monuments date from were built both to guard the vineyards and the 17th century in the Baroque period. provide a refuge from bad weather in fields often far from the villages. The majority of these structures date from the end of the 19th century when the wine industry of La Rioja suddenly took off, as the French vineyards of Bordeaux were wiped out by a grape bacteria. The value of the grapes in this region made guarding them of vital importance, and empty fields were cleared and planted with vines. The stones that came from these cleared fields were piled up in the corners, and were made into these unique refuges. Comenius School Project “Richness in Variety” C.R.A. Moncalvillo – Nalda – La Rioja – Spain 2004/2005 .