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Calahorra is a municipality and town in the Spanish autonomous community of La Rioja, belonging to the region of La Rioja baja. During ancient Roman times, Calahorra was a municipium known as Calagurris Fibularia. The seal Holy week in Calahorra The Holy Week in Calahorra was declared of National Interest in 2014 for originality, tradition, history and diversity as a whole. the history of this celebration has its foundations laid in the Roman and Christian past of the city. The Brotherhood of Vera Cruz organizes processions of Holy Week in the city. A total of 16 steps through the streets of the city of Calahorra. At present, the holy week in Calahorra is the largest in northern Spain. All Saints Thursday Step Living Group organizes Dramatization of the Passion, which at a distance of about 1 km representing the Passion of Christ from the entry into Jerusalem with the Borriquilla to the Crucifixion and Resurrection through the Last Supper, Garden of Judgment Olivos or Pontius Pilate. An act that takes represented in Calahorra since 1980 and every year is in constant renewal. The most important step

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Calahorra is a municipality and town in the Spanish autonomous community of La Rioja, belonging to the region of La Rioja baja. During ancient Roman times, Calahorra was a municipium known as Calagurris

Fibularia. The seal

Holy week in CalahorraThe Holy Week in Calahorra was declared of National Interest in 2014 for originality, tradition, history and diversity as a whole.

the history of this celebration has its foundations laid in the Roman and Christian past of the city.

The Brotherhood of Vera Cruz organizes processions of Holy Week in the city. A total of 16 steps through the streets of the city of Calahorra. At present, the holy week in Calahorra is the largest in northern Spain.

All Saints Thursday Step Living Group organizes Dramatization of the Passion, which at a distance of about 1 km representing the Passion of Christ from the entry into Jerusalem with the Borriquilla to the Crucifixion and Resurrection through the Last Supper, Garden of Judgment Olivos or Pontius Pilate. An act that takes represented in Calahorra since 1980 and every year is in constant renewal.

The most important step

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The Gastronomy of holy weekOne of the most characteristic calagurritana food products is the vegetable. The quality and variety of its products, Calahorra is known as the "city of vegetables".

The typical Holy Week dishes are :

Vegetables : based artichokes, peas, asparagus, green beans, carrots, etc. Fresh asparagus, eaten during the months of April and June. The mushroom or the mushrooms The green, red peppers cooked of the most varied forms: fried food, roasts, cooked,

spiced with garlic and oil or dry. With them the stuffed peppers are elaborated, well of fish or of meat.

The fish occupies an important place, since it is a food of great tradition, in spite of the

location, where the cod to the inhabitant of La Rioja is one of the most important plates.

Calahorra also forms a part of the zone of production of five products that stand out for his quality: the cauliflower, the wine, the asparagus, the pepper and the pear.

Vegetables and fish

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