
Cenicero
Description of the municipality
The area around Cenicero was already populated in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, as shown by the Celtic, Iberian and Roman archaeological remains found at San Justo, Sanchisnal and Las Majadas.
We know of the existence of these settlements, but very little more. There is a big gap until 740, when King Alfonso I of Asturias, helped by his brother Franela, Duke of Cantabria, expelled the Muslims from a series of places, “taking the Christian inhabitants to the mountains and cutting the throats of the Muslims”.
About the etymology of Cenicero, the popular version is that it was a place where shepherds met and, when they threw out the ashes from their homes, they started to call it the “cenicero” (ashtray).
In 923 a monastery was built at Cenicero, 7 km from Nájera, built by Bishop Teodomiro.
The townspeople mainly work in agriculture and stockbreeding, although the main activity by far in Cenicero is winemaking and other trades related to it.
Location
42°28′52″N 2°38′29″O
Area
31,76 km²
Altitude
436 m
Climatology
Oceánico
Enotouristic Resources
- Iglesia de San Martín
- Ermita de la Virgen del Valle
- Casa de Cultura “Las Monjas”
BODEGAS DE Cenicero
Meet our wineries
Bodegas Valentín Pascual

- Area Rioja Alta
- Phone (+34) 941454053
- Email info@bodegasvalentinpascual.com
Bodegas Saenz de Santamaria S.L

- Area Rioja Alta
- Phone (+34) 941454008
- Email bodegas@saenzdesantamaria.com
BODEGAS MURILLO VITERI

- Area Rioja Alta
- Phone (+34) 944495839
- Email imurillo@bodegasmurilloviteri.com
Marques De La Concordia Family Of Wines

- Area Rioja Alta
- Phone (+34) 941453121
- Email mdelpino@marquesdelaconcordia.com