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'''Bañares''' is a municipality of [[La Rioja (Spain)|La Rioja]], [[Spain]]. It is located in the [[Comarcas of Spain|comarca]] of Santa Domingo de la Calzada, some 45 km west of [[Logroño]].

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In the [[papal bull]] of 1199 which granted privileges to the [[Monasteries of San Millán de la Cogolla]], it appears as "Bannares", with the collective suffix -ar and the [[Mozarabic language|Mozarabic]] feminine plural -es. The name of the place makes reference to [[Roman baths|baths]], widely used in the Roman period.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Ranz Yubero|first1=José Antonio|last2=López de los Mozos|first2=José Ramón|title=Topónimos riojanos del patrimonio emilianense en una bula de 1199. (Archivo de San Millán M. 41-52)|journal=Berceo|date=2002|volume=142|issue=1|pages=65–76|trans_titletrans-title=Place names in La Rioja of Emilianese heritage in an 1199 papal bull (Archive of the Monasteries of San Millán 41-52)|language=es|issn=0210-8550}}</ref>

An ancient,  [[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]]  parish church that was constructed around the 12th century.

It was declared a  [[Bien de Interés Cultural]]  (Heritage of Cultural Interest) in the  [[Monument]]  category on 9 April 1964.<ref>[http://www.mcu.es/bienes/cargarFiltroBienesInmuebles.do?layout=bienesInmuebles&cache=init&language=es Mininsterio de Cultura.]</ref>

==== Parish church of the Holy Cross  (Iglesia parroquial de la Santa Cruz) ====

Currently only the Banares castle ruins are preserved, situated on the exit road toward [[Hervias]], which allows reconstruction of a rectangular floor plan, with an entrance, facing east, on one of the long sides, flanked by cylindrical [[Turret (architecture)|turrets]], that also reinforce the corners of the rectangle. The walls were of great thickness and sloped. In its interior, one found the [[keep]], attached to the southern section of the wall. Rectangular in form, it was constructed with massive [[cobblestone]] and pebble core [[masonry]] walls, reaching approximately 3.5 m in thickness. The interior space of this tower is divided longitudinally (E-W) in two naves, by two semi-circular [[arches]] which support a square [[Column|pillar]] in the center and two [[corbels]] on the eastern and western walls.

* The fiesta in honor of St. Formerio is celebrated on the third weekend of August. These include religious ceremonies, the [[running of the bulls]], [[rock concerts]] and a community meal held the last day in the beautiful La Salceda park.

* On the last Sunday of July, a day in honor of the Virgin of Antiquity (Spanish: La Virgen De La Antigua) is celebrated.

On the second day of the festival, the dances are performed with sticks, that are called Troqueados. There are various dances of which the most picturesque are those called the dance of the Swords and the dance of the Professions. In the first a type of combat is carried out between two dancers, and subsequently between everyone at the battle scene, which ends with neither victor nor vanquished. In the dance of the Professions, as its own name indicates, is a dance in which everyone takes part and each in turn acts out a different job, such as tailor, shoemaker, blacksmith, violinist, flycatcher, etc. 

Parallel to all this popularAnother cultural paraphernaliaevent, there is another, no less popular, that is only celebrated in that area., It wasis goingthe toserenading serenadeof newlyweds when they returned from their [[honeymoon]]. This only happened once for each couple and was called "Asking for Rebollo". At night, when they went to sleep, the gang of their friends and acquaintances would go, singing, to hang around the door of the newlyweds' house, who would then treat their friends to [[liquor]] and [[pastries]] until the early hours of the morning.

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The people use many products from the garden, examples being vegetable stew (called Menestra Riojana, or Riojan Stew), [[Rioja style potatoes|potatoes with sausage]], potatoes with beef, [[piquillo peppers]]. Additionally, the meat is excellent, good examples being the local [[chorizo]], [[Blood sausage|sausages]], and chuletillas al sarmiento ([[[[Lamb chop (meat)|lamb chops]]]] with vine shoots), taking advantage of the wood that is a result of the pruning of the abundant [[vineyards]] in the area.