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Santo Domingo de la Calzada
Santo Domingo de la Calzada
This town owes its name to an enterprising local hermit who, in the 11th century, decided he should do something for the pilgrims who continually passed through town. He founded a hermitage and, once that was successful, went on to build a new road, a bridge, and inns (all of which stand today). Santo Domingo was no slouch when it came to miracles, either. During one such event, he intervened on behalf of a straggling foreign pilgrim who had been falsely accused of stealing from his inn and sentenced to hanging. The unwitting culprit was hanged all right, but lived to tell about it thanks to the miracle of Santo Domingo. When the town lord heard of this over dinner, he declared it impossible, for he had seen the thief as surely dead as the roast hen on his own plate. Hearing this, the hen leapt to its feet and began to squawk. Inside the Catedral de Santo Domingo de la Calzada, founded as a reward for the hermit’s successful work, a hen cage symbolizes the Saint’s miracle. The church was begun in 1158 but finished off in a mostly Gothic vein, with traces of the earlier Romanesque church, Baroque touches and a Renaissance tower. The tomb of the saint fronts the beautiful plateresque altarpiece.
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