Cañas, La Rioja

Cañas is a municipality of La Rioja, Spain. It was the birthplace of Saint Dominic of Silos (1000–1073).

Country Spain

Elevation

643 m (2,110 ft)

Postal code

26325

Websitewww.aytocanias.org

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Cañas
Municipality
Church of the Assumption
Cañas Location of Cañaswithin La Rioja Show map of La Rioja, Spain Cañas Cañas (Spain) Show map of Spain
Coordinates: 42°23′30″N 2°50′47″W
Country	Spain
Autonomous community	La Rioja
Comarca	Nájera
Government
• Mayor	Domingo de Silos Merino Bravo (PP)
Area
• Total	9.72 km2 (3.75 sq mi)
Elevation	643 m (2,110 ft)
Population  (2025-01-01)
• Total	95
Postal code	26325
Website	www.aytocanias.org

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The abbey of Santa María de San Salvador de Cañas for Cistercian nuns was founded in this town by Lope Díaz I de Haro and his wife Aldonza in 1169 and 1170.^[1] Its wealth and power culminated during the 13th century under the abbess Urraca Díaz de Haro, between 1222 and 1262.^[2] The nuns benefited from the patronage of the Haro family until its extinction in 1322.^[3] The community is still active today and retains fragments of its medieval library, particularly a complete Burgundian antiphonary from around 1200, and a Castilian missal from 1267 to 1279.^[4]