Calahorra
[key], town, La Rioja prov., NE Spain, on the Cidacos River near its
confluence with the Ebro. Calahorra is a farming (cereals and grapes) and
manufacturing center. Known in ancient times as Calagurris, it is the place
where Pompey unsuccessfully besieged (76–72 b.c.) the rebel
Sertorius. An old cathedral (c.5th cent.; restored 15th cent.) and some
Roman ruins survive today, and the Casa Santa, where the martyrs Emeterius
and Celedonius are said to be buried, is the site of an annual pilgrimage.
Quintilian was born in the town.
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