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La Rioja History

As the Romans descended on the north of Spain the region of La Rioja was inhabited by tribes such as the Berones, the Autrigones and the Vascones. Once the Romans had conquered though, La Rioja became part of the Roman Hispania Tarraconensis province.

Later, the region became a much disputed and fought over territory. With the collapse of the Roman Empire the Moors took their turn in sweeping through the peninsula and took a hold of the area now known as La Rioja. In the 10th century Sancho I of Pamplona retook control for Spain as the Moors were pushed down towards the south of the country. From 970 to 1005 he formed the Kingdom of Viguera which La Rioja was part of, but then it was incorporated into the Kingdom of Pamplona. During this time Najera, to the west of today’s capital Logroño, served as the capital of the region.

In 1035 Castile became independent and proceeded to try to win over neighbouring regions and so the Kingdom of Pamplona had a large job on its hands in fighting this mammoth Kingdom. Then, in 1076, the new Kingdom of Navarre which formed from Pamplona divided and La Rioja came under Castilian control. Further fighting ensued from 1134 as Navarre tried to win back La Rioja from the Castilians; however a peace agreement was signed in 1179 which gave the region over to Castile. At this time La Rioja was split into two provinces – Burgos and Soria – and it stayed this way until 1822 when a reform brought the region under a singular province called Logroño, a format it remains in to this day.

More recently, in 1980, the region had its name changed to La Rioja and then two years later it was given regional independence under the terms of the constitution as a uni-provincial community.
 

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