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A walled medieval wine town riding a ridge over the Rioja Alavesa vineyards, honeycombed with underground bodegas beneath car-free lanes.
34 km · about 40 min drive
La Rioja, Spain · Europe
San Millán de la Cogolla sits on the route: 10 minutes from Villaverde de Rioja, 60km from Santa Maria Cathedral Vitoria.
San Millán de la Cogolla is a town located in La Rioja, Spain. With a population of 303, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, San Millán de la Cogolla sits in Spain, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Madrid time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add San Millán de la Cogolla to your route.
The monasteries of San Millán de Suso (6th century) and San Millán de Yuso (11th century) are two monasteries situated in the village of San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja, Spain. They have been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since December 1997.
The two monasteries' names Suso and Yuso mean the "upper"Read more
and the "lower" in archaic Castilian, respectively. Suso is the older building and is believed to be built on the site of a hermitage where Saint Emilian (Spanish: San Millán) lived. Perhaps Suso's major claim to fame is as the place where phrases in the Spanish and Basque languages were written for the first time.
UNESCO acknowledges the property "as the birthplace of the modern written and spoken Spanish language". The phrases in Spanish and Basque are glosses on a Latin text and are known as the Glosas Emilianenses. There is some debate as to whether the Spanish words are written in an early form of Castilian (Spanish), or in a similar early form of Navarro-Aragonese (ancestor to modern Aragonese). In either case, San Millán's importance as a cradle of the Spanish language is reinforced by the proximity of the village of Berceo which is associated with Gonzalo de Berceo, the first Spanish poet known by name.
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San Millán de la Cogolla is located in La Rioja, Spain, Europe. The coordinates are 42.3297 latitude, -2.8619 longitude.
San Millán de la Cogolla has a population of approximately 303 people, making it a town in Spain.
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Guardia Civil (traffic police): 062. Two warning triangles required in vehicles.
Full driving guide for Spain2 notable places within an hour's drive.
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A walled medieval wine town riding a ridge over the Rioja Alavesa vineyards, honeycombed with underground bodegas beneath car-free lanes.
34 km · about 40 min drive
cathedral
A Gothic cathedral whose 'open for restoration' tour inspired Ken Follett, letting you climb scaffolding through 800 years of construction.
60 km · about 70 min drive
April to October
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