Ezcaray

Ezcaray is a town and municipality in the Oja Valley in the La Rioja region of northern Spain.

The name is of Basque origin. The town is situated at the base of the San Lorenzo peak and is from the Valdezcaray ski area.

Demographics

Population centres

• Ezcaray
• Altuzarra
• Ayabarrena
• Azárrulla
• Cilbarrena
• Posadas
• San Antón
• Turza
• Urdanta
• Zaldierna
• Turza

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

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

See also

• Olmos y Robles

References

External links

• Official website
• Ski resort (in Spanish)
• Ezcaray in the Auñamendi Encyclopedia