Viznar,_Granada

Víznar

Víznar

Town in Granada, Spain

Víznar is a municipality located in the province of Granada, Spain, only a few miles from the city of Granada itself. According to the 2005 census (INE), the town has a population of 789 inhabitants.

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Interior of the Viznar Palace, by Santiago Rusiñol

Site of the exquisite neo-classical Summer palace of an 18th-century archbishop of Granada, Don José Manuel Moscoso y Peralta, (1723–1811), an important figure in the history of Peru, the near-vicinity of Víznar was the place of execution, in 1936, of the noted Spanish poet, Federico García Lorca, at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Municipal Register of Spain 2018. National Statistics Institute.
  2. [2]
    "Grave Dispute Opens Wounds From Spanish Civil War". Fox News. Associated Press. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2024.

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