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MORE
THAN TEN CENTURIES OF HISTORY
There are more
than ten centuries old places that used to
be spiritual centres , places to retire and
pray and cultural centres. They were built
in country lands far from the decading Roman
cities, in the times of the Visigoths. |
CULTURAL,
RELIGIOUS AND ARTISTIC TOURISM
Comenzaron por cuevas
para los eremitas, como el Monasterio de Suso,
en el siglo VI, que después fue un
pequeño cenobio y luego monasterio,
en cuyo "scriptorium" un monje anónimo
escribió las primeras palabras en castellano
y en vascuence traduciendo un texto del latín:
las Glosas Emilianenses del Códice
60.
The Lands of La Rioja are full of History
through its monasteries. Some of them have
only some remaining ruins that is the example
of the San Prudencio Monastery in Laturce
Mountain. In other instances there are documents
or reports of the Middle Ages that certify
their influence as repopulators of Christianity
and Culture expanders, that is the example
of the Monastery of San Martin de Albelda
and its "Codice Albeldense"(Book
of Albelda).
However , many of them still have their buildings
untouched as well as the activity of their
religious communities throughout the centuries
, now they are centres that attract rural
, religious and cultural tourism. This fact
makes the route of the Monasteries one of
the most consolidated destinations of the
tourism in La Rioja.
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