Aguilar del Río Alhama

The earliest record of the municipality dates from the 12th century when it was incorporated into Castile in 1198.

In 1269 Theobald II of Navarre included it in the jurisdiction of Viana and granted a weekly market on Tuesdays.

In 1271 Henry I of Navarre ordered the residents of the village of Rio to relocate to the village to form a single municipality. In 1273 Pedro Sanchez de Monteagut, lord of Cascante, who owned the village, donated it to King Henry.

In 1302 toll collectors from Tudela claimed rights over the village as a result of which they complained to Alfonso Robray, governor of Navarre, who ordered them not to worry.

In the 14th century, it was integrated into the lordship of Cameros. John II, in 1452, liberated the entire village from the perpetual tax on wine which they sold, for having been faithful, although they may have experienced theft, arrest or were killed.

In 1463 Henry IV of Castile subjected many villages to his dominion, including Aguilar, under the compromise ruling granted by Louis XI of France.

In the 16th century, the Aguilar County was created.

Until the late 16th century, Aguilar del Rio Alhama was an Islamic community of Moriscos (Moors forcibly converted to Catholicism). In the 1580s, it was the scene of one of the worst collective persecutions of an entire Morisco community in the history of the Inquisition, when nearly 30 adults from a village of some hundred households were burned at the stake or died in prison for secretly practising Islamic rituals. The Morisco community never recovered, and in the early years of the 17th century, all Moriscos were expelled from Spain by royal edict.

A mine was discovered in 1747 in a place called Santo de la Peña. Here a small extraction was conducted and this was sold to potters from Ágreda. There is no evidence that exploiting followed later.

Dinosaur footprints:

During the Cretaceous period the zone where Aguilar del Río Alhama occupies formed part of a flooded plain that was eroded periodically, leaving behind muddy areas where dinosaur tracks remained marked into its path. Eventually these were dried and covered with new sediment whose weight compressed the lower layers, causing them to solidify into rocks over millions of years. Erosion has been wearing down the upper layers resulting in many of these rock formations becoming visible, revealing the footprints.

The town is the site of "La Virgen del Prado", declared Bien de Interés Cultural in the category of Historic Site on 23 June 2000. It is located near the village of Inestrillas next to the chapel that lends its name to the site, 2.4 km from the road. It is easily accessible. In it there are 36 footprints of carnivorous dinosaurs between 30 and 32 cm in the length which shows three stylized fingers (Filichnites gracilis). Four of the footprints form a small trail and the rest are isolated. Aguilar del Río Alhama has the peculiarity of containing the oldest footprints in La Rioja. Fish scales of the genus Lepidotes have also been found.

Castillo: actualmente en ruinas. Estuvo situado en lo alto del cerro junto a la población y fue construido en el siglo XII. A partir del siglo XVI pasaría a ser el bastión de los señores de Cameros y condes de Aguilar.​

Iglesia de la Asunción: De una sola nave de tres tramos, fue construida en el siglo XVI en piedra de sillería y sillarejo. Tiene bóvedas de crucería estrellada y cuatro capillas laterales. Cuenta con retablos neoclásicos y barrocos. Destaca una talla gótica de la Virgen de los Remedios y un Cristo yaciente del siglo XVIII.

Ermita de la Valvanera o de Santa María la Antigua: De origen románico.

Contrebia Leucade: fue una ciudad celtibérica cuya historia se remonta hasta la primera Edad del Hierro. Se conservan sus ruinas en relativo buen estado. Se encuentra junto a la aldea de Inestrillas, entre Cervera y Aguilar. Es considerado uno de los más importantes de La Rioja, tuvo una ocupación celtibérica, una posterior romana y otra visigoda. Merece la pena acercarse para visitar los yacimientos de Contrebia Leucade, dónde podemos encontrar viviendas excavadas en la roca, una muralla romana, foso y muralla celtibéricos y obras de abastecimiento de agua que les permitían abastecerse sin depender del exterior.

Ermita de la Virgen de los Remedios: Está situada en la aldea despoblada de Gutur.

Mercadillo semanal: Martes, de 08:00 a 14:00 · Plaza de España

•Sierras Riojanas (GR 93)

•Camino verde del Alhama

•Alberto Vera Aréjula

•José Ángel González Jiménez, policía español

Alcaldía: Tovías Ramón Martínez López

Web oficial: http://www.aguilar-inestrillas.org/

La carretera comarcal 284 comunica Aguilar con Cervera del Río Alhama, su cabecera de comarca, en esta misma carretera está Inestrillas, población de este municipio.

La vía 388 con las localidades de la provincia de Soria: Cigudosa, San Felices y Castilruiz.

La vía 490 la comunica con Valdemadera y Navajún.

Hay servicio de autobuses con:

Logroño.

Cervera del Río Alhama.

Calahorra. Solamente días laborables.

Alfaro. Solamente días laborables.