Víznar

Víznar
town

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Location of Víznar
Country Spain
Province Granada
Municipality Víznar
Area
  Total 13 km2 (5 sq mi)
Elevation 1,050 m (3,440 ft)
Population (2005)
  Total 789
  Density 60.7/km2 (157/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)

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.

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.

Coordinates: 37°07′N 03°35′W / 37.117°N 3.583°W / 37.117; -3.583


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